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Evolution
Boyz II Men
New this week!
Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
Billboard 200
Week of October 11, 1997
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Evolution
Boyz II Men -
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Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs
LeAnn Rimes - 2
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey - 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Sony Music
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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The Greatest Hits Collection
Brooks & Dunn -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista Nashville/Legacy
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Ghetto D
Master P - 4
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- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
No Limit/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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The Dance
Fleetwood Mac -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise/Warner Bros.
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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When Disaster Strikes...
Busta Rhymes - 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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No Way Out
Puff Daddy & The Family - 5
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- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Bad Boy/Atlantic/Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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The Big Picture
Elton John -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rocket/A&M
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Aquarium
Aqua -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Soul Food
Soundtrack -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Arista
Greatest gainer this week
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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(Songbook) A Collection Of Hits
Trisha Yearwood -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Pieces Of You
Jewel - 9
- 4
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- 4
- 85
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Yourself Or Someone Like You
matchbox 20 - 13
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Melisma/Lava/Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Spice
Spice Girls - 12
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- 34
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Virgin Rec./UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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Back In Business
EPMD -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/IDJMG
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Men In Black--The Album
Soundtrack - 16
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- 13
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Much Afraid
Jars Of Clay - 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Essential/Silvertone/Jive
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Floored
Sugar Ray - 20
- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Lava/Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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20
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My Way
Usher - 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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Middle Of Nowhere
Hanson - 22
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Behind The Eyes
Amy Grant - 21
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Surfacing
Sarah McLachlan - 23
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy - 19
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- 13
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mute/XL/Maverick/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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25
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Everywhere
Tim McGraw -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Based On A True Story
Mack 10 - 14
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ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Volume 3
Various Artists - 24
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Homogenic
Bjork -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Tidal
Fiona Apple - 25
- 15
- 55
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- 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Clean Slate/Work/Epic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Blue
LeAnn Rimes -
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- 64
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- 64
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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Carrying Your Love With Me
George Strait -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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What's Your Name?
Adam Sandler - 18
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Static & Silence
The Sundays -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
DGC/Geffen
Gains In Performance
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Be Here Now
Oasis - 27
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- 5
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Art Of War
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 26
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruthless/Relativity
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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God's Property
God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation - 28
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
B-Rite/Interscope
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Fush Yu Mang
Smash Mouth - 33
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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38
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Sublime
Sublime - 30
- 13
- 61
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Gasoline Alley/MCA/Geffen/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Anytime
Brian McKnight -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Motown/Universal
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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40
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Bringing Down The Horse
The Wallflowers
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