Billboard 200

Week of December 14, 1996

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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Razorblade Suitcase

Bush

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Trauma/Interscope

Slay at Home Virtual Fest Lines Up Gavin Rossdale, Tesseract, Suicide Silence & More

Billboard 200

Week of December 14, 1996

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Razorblade Suitcase
  Bush
- 1
- 1
- 2
- - 1
  - 1
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Trauma/Interscope

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

2
- Tragic Kingdom
  No Doubt
- 3
- 2
- 48
- - 3
  - 2
  - 48

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Trauma/Interscope/IGA

Greatest gainer this week

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

3
- Falling Into You
  Celine Dion
- 5
- 1
- 38
- - 5
  - 1
  - 38

Imprint/Promotion Label:

550 Music/Epic

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

4
- Tha Doggfather
  Snoop Dogg
- 2
- 1
- 3
- - 2
  - 1
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Death Row/Interscope

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

5
- Space Jam
  Soundtrack
- 8
- 5
- 3
- - 8
  - 5
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Sunset/Atlantic/Rhino

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

6 NEW
NEW
- Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath
  Various Artists
- -
- 6
- 1
- - -
  - 6
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aftermath/Interscope

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

7
- The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
  Makaveli
- 4
- 1
- 4
- - 4
  - 1
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Death Row

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

8
- Romeo + Juliet
  Soundtrack
- 12
- 8
- 79
- - 12
  - 8
  - 79

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

9
- The Moment
  Kenny G
- 9
- 2
- 9
- - 9
  - 2
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

10
- Secrets
  Toni Braxton
- 10
- 2
- 24
- - 10
  - 2
  - 24

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Zomba

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x8

11
- Jagged Little Pill
  Alanis Morissette
- 16
- 1
- 77
- - 16
  - 1
  - 77

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maverick/Reprise/Rhino

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

12 NEW
NEW
- The Preacher's Wife
  Soundtrack
- -
- 12
- 1
- - -
  - 12
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Legacy

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

13
- Ill Na Na
  Foxy Brown
- 7
- 7
- 2
- - 7
  - 7
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Violator/Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

14
- Blue
  LeAnn Rimes
- 17
- 3
- 21
- - 17
  - 3
  - 21

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

15
- Set It Off
  Soundtrack
- 14
- 4
- 10
- - 14
  - 4
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

East West/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

16
- Keith Sweat
  Keith Sweat
- 22
- 5
- 23
- - 22
  - 5
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

17
- Did I Shave My Legs For This?
  Deana Carter
- 26
- 17
- 12
- - 26
  - 17
  - 12

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

18
- Everything I Love
  Alan Jackson
- 13
- 12
- 5
- - 13
  - 12
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista Nashville/Sony Commercial Music Group

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

19
- If We Fall In Love Tonight
  Rod Stewart
- 43
- 19
- 3
- - 43
  - 19
  - 3

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

20
- Family Scriptures
  Mo Thugs Family
- 15
- 2
- 4
- - 15
  - 2
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mo Thugs/Relativity

RIAA Certification: Platinum

21
- Anthology 3
  The Beatles
- 24
- 1
- 5
- - 24
  - 1
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple/Capitol

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

22
- Best Of Volume 1
  Van Halen
- 18
- 1
- 6
- - 18
  - 1
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

23
- What If It's You
  Reba McEntire
- 20
- 15
- 4
- - 20
  - 15
  - 4

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

24
- Another Level
  BLACKstreet
- 31
- 3
- 12
- - 31
  - 3
  - 12

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

25 NEW
NEW
- Enigma 3 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
  Enigma
- -
- 25
- 1
- - -
  - 25
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec.

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

26
- Hell On Earth
  Mobb Deep
- 6
- 6
- 2
- - 6
  - 6
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Loud/RCA

RIAA Certification: Gold

27
- Jock Jams Vol. 2
  Various Artists
- 27
- 10
- 15
- - 27
  - 10
  - 15

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

28
- The Mirror Has Two Faces
  Soundtrack
- 19
- 16
- 3
- - 19
  - 16
  - 3

RIAA Certification: Platinum

29
- This Is The Time -- The Christmas Album
  Michael Bolton
- 39
- 29
- 9
- - 39
  - 29
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

30
- Evita
  Soundtrack
- 28
- 6
- 3
- - 28
  - 6
  - 3

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

31
- The Day
  Babyface
- 21
- 6
- 5
- - 21
  - 6
  - 5

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

32
- Home Again
  New Edition
- 29
- 1
- 12
- - 29
  - 1
  - 12

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

33
- Trial By Fire
  Journey
- 25
- 3
- 6
- - 25
  - 3
  - 6

RIAA Certification: Platinum

34
- Recovering The Satellites
  Counting Crows
- 33
- 1
- 7
- - 33
  - 1
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

DGC/Geffen

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

35
- 311
  311
- 35
- 12
- 39
- - 35
  - 12
  - 39

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capricorn/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

36 NEW
NEW
- Death Row Greatest Hits
  Various Artists
- -
- 36
- 1
- - -
  - 36
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Death Row/Priority

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

37
- Bow Down
  Westside Connection
- 30
- 2
- 6
- - 30
  - 2
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lench Mob/Priority

RIAA Certification: Platinum

38
- Emancipation
  Prince
- 11
- 11
- 2
- - 11
  - 11
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

NPG/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

39 NEW
NEW
- Enigma
  Keith Murray
- -
- 39
- 1
- - -
  - 39
  - 1

Gains In Performance

40
- T.H.U.G.S. Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls
  Flesh-N-Bone
- 23
- 23
- 2
- - 23
  - 23
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mo Thugs/Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Gold

Billboard 200

Week of December 14, 1996

Billboard 200

Razorblade Suitcase

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Slay at Home Virtual Fest Lines Up Gavin Rossdale, Tesseract, Suicide Silence & More

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Razorblade Suitcase

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tragic Kingdom

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Falling Into You

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Tha Doggfather

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Space Jam

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Romeo + Juliet

The Moment

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Secrets

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Jagged Little Pill

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The Preacher's Wife

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Ill Na Na

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Blue

Set It Off

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Keith Sweat

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Did I Shave My Legs For This?

Everything I Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

If We Fall In Love Tonight

Family Scriptures

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Anthology 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Best Of Volume 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

What If It's You

Another Level

Enigma 3 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hell On Earth

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jock Jams Vol. 2

The Mirror Has Two Faces

This Is The Time -- The Christmas Album

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Evita

The Day

Home Again

Trial By Fire

Recovering The Satellites

Imprint/Promotion Label:

311

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Death Row Greatest Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bow Down

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Emancipation

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Enigma

T.H.U.G.S. Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls

Imprint/Promotion Label: