Chart 152

Chart 152
(24 May, 1998)


1.- Tori Amos - Spark
2.- Madonna - Frozen
3.- Portishead - All Mine
4.- Björk - Bachelorette
5.- Live - Turn My Head
6.- Portishead - Only You
7.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
8.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
9.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
10.- Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner
11.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
12.- Live - Freaks
13.- Midge Ure - Breathe
14.- Björk - Possibly Maybe (DEBUT)
15.- Matchbox 20 - Push
16.- Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
17 - Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking
18.- Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake
19.- Céline Dion - The Reason (DEBUT)
20.- Massive Attack - Teardrop (DEBUT)

I have no idea why "Possibly Maybe" by Björk re debuts... but whatever. Also "The Reason" by Céline Dion at 19 and the gorgeous song "Teardrop" by Massive Attack, with the vocals by Elizabeth Fraser. And TORI AMOS claims number one!! "Spark" is easily one of her very best songs!!

Chart 151

Chart 151
(17 May, 1998)


1.- Madonna - Frozen
2.- Portishead - All Mine
3.- Björk - Bachelorette
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
6.- Portishead - Only You
7.- Tori Amos - Spark
8.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
9.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
10.- Live - Freaks
11.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
12.- Midge Ure - Breathe
13.- Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner
14.- Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking
15.- Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
16.- Matchbox 20 - Push
17 - Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
18.- Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake
19.- Espend Lind - When Susannah Cries
20.- Alanis Morissette - Uninvited (DEBUT)

If my memory doesn't fail me (and it very well could), this was the last song by Alanis, I've charted. "Uninvited" is definitely one of her better songs. That's it.

Chart 150

Chart 150
(10 May, 1998)


1.- Portishead - All Mine
2.- Björk - Bachelorette
3.- Madonna - Frozen
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
6.- Portishead - Only You
7.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
8.- Live - Freaks
9.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
10.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
11.- Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
12.- Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
13.- Midge Ure - Breathe
14.- Tori Amos - Spark (DEBUT)
15.- Matchbox 20 - Push
16.- Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking
17 - Espend Lind - When Susannah Cries
18.- Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner (DEBUT)
19.- Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake
20.- Pearl Jam - Given To Fly

Ahhh, Tori Amos enters the chart at 14!! This became her first big success in my chart of many to come. She was at the top of her game during this phase of her career. Exciting, specially because these days she is about to release her new album "American Doll Posse", which is a fantastic album. Anyway! At 18, Tricky debuts with "Hell Is Round The Corner" a great song, very dark and with a kick ass video!!

Chart 149

Chart 149
(3 May, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Portishead - All Mine
3.- Madonna - Frozen
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Portishead - Only You
6.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
7.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
8.- Live - Freaks
9.- Matchbox 20 - Push
10.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
11.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
12.- Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
13.- Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
14.- Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
15.- Garth Brooks - Long Neck Bottle
16.- Midge Ure - Breathe
17 - Espend Lind - When Susannah Cries
18.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
19.- Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking (DEBUT)
20.- Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake (DEBUT)

Duncan!! Even if his recent music has been less than what i expected from him, that doesn't change the fact that he made some really great music. This song "Wishful Thinking" was from the soundtrack to Great Expectations, and it's a kind of ballad, really beautiful. And Natalie Imbbruglia enters at 20 with "Big Mistake", a great song that sadly was completely overshadowed by her world smash hit "Torn"

Chart 148

Chart 148
(26 April, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Portishead - All Mine
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Madonna - Frozen
6.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
7.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
8.- Live - Freaks
9.- Matchbox 20 - Push
10.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
11.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
12.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
13.- Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
14.- Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
15.- Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
16.- Garth Brooks - Long Neck Bottle
17 - Bush - Mouth
18.- Mariah Carey & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown
19.- Midge Ure - Breathe (DEBUT)
20.- Espend Lind - When Susannah Cries (DEBUT)

Ahhh, those World Chart Show days!! I heard the two songs that debuted this week in that radio show. It was really cool to have something like that, cause the radio here really sucks. Midge Ure and Espend Lind. Oh yeah, and Björk reclaims the number one position

Chart 147

Chart 147
(19 April, 1998)


1.- Portishead - All Mine
2.- Björk - Bachelorette
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Madonna - Frozen
6.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
7.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
8.- Live - Freaks
9.- Matchbox 20 - Push
10.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
11.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
12.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
13.- Bush - Mouth
14.- Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
15.- Mariah Carey & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown
16.- Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be (DEBUT)
17 - Pearl Jam - Given To Fly (DEBUT)
18.- Garth Brooks - Long Neck Bottle (DEBUT)
19.- No Doubt - End It On This
20.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On

Third Eye Blind were a really cool band, and I suppose they're still together, it's just that I haven't heard about a new album or something. The second single from this band, enters the chart at 16, "How's It Going To Be". At 17, the rockers Pearl Jam with "Given To Fly". And last but not least, Garth Brooks debuts at 18 with "Long Neck Bottle" with a collaboration by Steve Wariner.

Chart 146

Chart 146
(12 April, 1998)


1.- Portishead - All Mine
2.- Björk - Bachelorette
3.- Live - Turn My Head
4.- Portishead - Only You
5.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
6.- Madonna - Frozen
7.- Live - Freaks
8.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
9.- Bush - Mouth
10.- Matchbox 20 - Push
11.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
12.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
13.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
14.- No Doubt - End It On This
15.- Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
16.- Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live?
17 - Mariah Carey & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown
18.- Björk - The Anchor Song
19.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
20.- Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (DEBUT)

Sweetbox!! As far as I know, there is another Sweetbox in Japan, that I haven't bothered to listen to. Anyway, this Sweetbox was a woman and if memory serves right, the song "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" had a sample from a classical piece... Mozart? Bach? I don't remember, but it was cute.

Chart 145

Chart 145
(5 April, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Portishead - All Mine
3.- Live - Turn My Head
4.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
5.- Portishead - Only You
6.- Live - Freaks
7.- Bush - Mouth
8.- Madonna - Frozen
9.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
10.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
11.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
12.- No Doubt - End It On This
13.- Matchbox 20 - Push
14.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
15.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM
16.- Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen
17 - Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey (DEBUT)
18.- Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live? (DEBUT)
19.- Mariah Carey & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown
20.- Björk - The Anchor Song (DEBUT)

Fiona Apple enters with one of the best songs on her debut album, "Slow Like Honey". Now, i think that album is close to bad, I never play it, but when I listen to a few songs, I am reminded why i liked it at first. Trisha Yearwood arrives at 18 with "How Do I Live?" and Björk debuts at 20 with another song that did bad from her debut album.

Chart 144

Chart 144
(29 March, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Live - Turn My Head
3.- Portishead - All Mine
4.- Portishead - Only You
5.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
6.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
7.- Live - Freaks
8.- Bush - Mouth
9.- No Doubt - End It On This
10.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
11.- Matchbox 20 - Push
12.- Madonna - Frozen
13.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
14.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
15.- Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
16.- Live - Lakini's Juice
17 - Fiona Apple - Criminal
18.- Matchbox 20 - 3 AM (DEBUT)
19.- Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen (DEBUT)
20.- Mariah Carey & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Breakdown (DEBUT)

More Matchbox 20. And Meredith Brooks again?? well, at least it's her best song. And finally at 20, another collaboration that hinted at how urban Mariah Carey was gonna get some years later, so sad.

Chart 143

Chart 143
(22 March, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Live - Turn My Head
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Portishead - All Mine
5.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
6.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
7.- Live - Freaks
8.- Bush - Mouth
9.- No Doubt - End It On This
10.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
11.- Matchbox 20 - Push
12.- Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
13.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
14.- Madonna - Frozen
15.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
16.- Live - Lakini's Juice
17 - Fiona Apple - Criminal
18.- Paula Cole - I Don't Want To Wait
19.- Björk - Come To Me
20.- Sugar Ray - RPM (DEBUT)

"RPM" is better than "Fly" (both by Sugar Ray), so it's strange it wasn't a bigger hit, in fact, it flopped, but it's cool to me.

Chart 142

Chart 142
(15 March, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Live - Turn My Head
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
5.- Portishead - All Mine
6.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
7.- Live - Freaks
8.- Bush - Mouth
9.- Matchbox 20 - Push
10.- No Doubt - End It On This
11.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
12.- Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
13.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
14.- Madonna - Frozen
15.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
16.- Björk - Come To Me
17 - Live - Lakini's Juice
18.- Paula Cole - I Don't Want To Wait
19.- Fiona Apple - Criminal
20.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola

Ahhh!! No debuts!!

Chart 141

Chart 141
(8 March, 1998)


1.- Live - Turn My Head
2.- Björk - Bachelorette
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
5.- Matchbox 20 - Push
6.- Live - Freaks
7.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
8.- Bush - Mouth
9.- Portishead - All Mine (DEBUT)
10.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
11.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
12.- No Doubt - End It On This
13.- Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
14.- Live - Lakini's Juice
15.- Björk - Come To Me
16.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
17 - Madonna - Frozen
18.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It
19.- Paula Cole - I Don't Want To Wait (DEBUT)
20.- Fiona Apple - Criminal (DEBUT)

Portishead go all the way and debut at 9 with one of their sharpest songs "All Mine". I definitely cannot understand people (like, practically all the world) who prefer "Dummy" over the darker "Portishead", but whatever. At 19, a song that later became famous thanks to the tv show Dawson's Creek, it's Paula Cole with "I Don't Want To Wait", which had a great and sad video. And finally at 20, Fiona Aple enters with "Criminal"

Chart 140

Chart 140
(1 March, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Live - Turn My Head
3.- Portishead - Only You
4.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
5.- Matchbox 20 - Push
6.- Live - Freaks
7.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
8.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
9.- Bush - Mouth
10.- Live - Lakini's Juice
11.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
12.- No Doubt - End It On This
13.- Björk - Pluto
14.- Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
15.- Björk - Come To Me
16.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante
17 - Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home (DEBUT)
18.- Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen
19.- Madonna - Frozen (DEBUT)
20.- Garth Brooks - She's Gonna Make It (DEBUT)

Shawn Colvin... that woman. I was too much into the grammys back then, and I saw "Sunny Came Home" nominated for some awards and winning, so I was lucky to get to hear the song (back then, I didn't have internet, so it's wasn't as easy to get songs). At 19, Madonna, with the only strong album by her I have heard, that is strong enough. The first single had a great video as well, "Frozen". And country began its invasion, and who better to do that, than the living legend Garth Brooks? jajajaja, he's great. The song: "She's Gonna Make It" from his album "Sevens".

Chart 139

Chart 139
(22 February, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Portishead - Only You
3.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
4.- Live - Turn My Head
5.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
6.- Live - Freaks
7.- Matchbox 20 - Push
8.- Live - Lakini's Juice
9.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
10.- Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
11.- Björk - Pluto
12.- Bush - Mouth
13.- No Doubt - End It On This
14.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
15.- Sugar Ray - Fly
16.- Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen
17 - Björk - Come To Me
18.- Eros Ramazzotti - Una Storia Importante (DEBUT)
19.- Bush - Synapse
20.- En Vogue - Too Gone, Too Long (DEBUT)

Well, the compilation "Eros" opened my eyes to a lot of good songs by Eros that I hadn't payed attention to before or that I didn't know, so, from that comes another song directly to my chart: "Una Storia Importante", which at this moment in time, I consider his best song. And at 20, the funky divas with a not so funky song "Too Gone, Too Long", which had an amazing video! Ahhh, the old times when MTV played music videos!

Chart 138

Chart 138
(15 February, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Portishead - Only You
3.- Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
4.- Live - Freaks
5.- Live - Turn My Head
6.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
7.- Live - Lakini's Juice
8.- Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
9.- Björk - Pluto
10.- Matchbox 20 - Push
11.- Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner - Cose Della Vita (Can't Stop Thinking Of You)
12.- Sugar Ray - Fly
13.- Bush - Synapse
14.- Bush - Mouth
15.- No Doubt - End It On This
16.- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
17 - Björk - Jóga
18.- Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen
19.- Jai - I Believe
20.- Björk - Come To Me (DEBUT)

Only a new entry, an old song! From the first solo album by Björk, comes this song called "Come To Me", a pretty song.