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Music Box
Mariah Carey

New this week!
Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Week of September 18, 1993
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Music Box
Mariah Carey -
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Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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The World Is Yours
Scarface - 1
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rap-A-Lot/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton -
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- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Arista
Greatest gainer this week
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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4
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For The Cool In You
Babyface - 2
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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5
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Back To Basics
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - 3
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Sons Of Soul
Tony Toni Tone -
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- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Wing/IDJMG
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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janet.
Janet Jackson -
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- 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Virgin Rec./UMe
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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8
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Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - 5
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruffhouse/Columbia
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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9
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It's About Time
SWV - 10
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- 45
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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10
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Da Bomb
Kris Kross - 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruffhouse/Columbia
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Menace II Society
Soundtrack - 9
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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12
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Rufftown Behavior
Poison Clan -
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Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.....
2Pac - 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Death Row/Interscope/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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14
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Heartbreaker
The O'Jays -
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
EMI
Gains In Performance
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Intro
Intro -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic/AG
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre - 13
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- 38
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Death Row/WIDEawake
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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17
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The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston - 12
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- 42
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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18
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Bacdafucup
Onyx - 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/Work/Columbia
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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19
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Between The Sheets
Fourplay - 17
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Everything
Joe -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/IDJMG
Gains In Performance
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21
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Love Deluxe
Sade - 21
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- 44
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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22
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Poetic Justice
Soundtrack - 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Epic Soundtrax/Epic
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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The Untold Truth
Illegal - 19
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rowdy/RMG
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24
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Never Let Me Go
Luther Vandross - 22
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- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LV/Epic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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25
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Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight - 20
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Ain't No Other
MC Lyte - 25
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
First Priority/AG
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27
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For Real Tho'
Levert - 24
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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28
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Evolution
Oleta Adams -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Fontana/IDJMG
Gains In Performance
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29
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21 & Over
Tha Alkaholiks - 23
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Loud/RCA
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30
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Breathless
Kenny G - 29
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Born Gangstaz
Boss - 27
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- 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/Work/Columbia
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Love's The Place To Be
Will Downing - 28
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/IDJMG
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Lose Control
Silk - 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Keia/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Provocative
Johnny Gill - 36
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Voice Of Jamaica
Buju Banton - 30
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/UMe
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What's Love Got To Do With It (Soundtrack)
Tina Turner - 33
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Virgin Rec./Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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37
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The New Breed
M.C. Breed - 38
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Wrap/Ichiban
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Fever For Da Flavor
H-Town -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Hootie Mack
Bell Biv DeVoe - 37
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- 11
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The Predator
Ice Cube -
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- 42
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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41
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Something's Goin' On
U.N.V. - 32
- 7
- 10
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- 7
- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.