Музыка Великобритании в 1996 году: Чарт-хиты и главные события

This is a summary of 1996 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

This year saw the start of an increase in the number of number 1 singles. 24 hit the top spot this year, the highest since 1980, which had an equal number. The first number 1 single of the year was "Jesus to a Child", George Michael's first solo #1 for 10 years. This was followed by Babylon Zoo's "Spaceman", which had been used in an advert for Levi's. The single was quite different from the version used in the advert, which had been sped up and re arranged. It stayed at #1 for five weeks, sold over a million copies, and Jas Mann, the man behind Babylon Zoo, became the first solo male to make their chart debut at number 1. After five years, the boy band Take That announced that they were splitting up, resulting in such distress for their many fans that a telephone helpline had to be set up. Their final number 1 came in March, a cover of the Bee Gees song "How Deep Is Your Love". Several of the members went on to start a solo career, with Gary Barlow the first to hit #1 with "Forever Love" in July. However, it would be Robbie Williams who would go on to score the most success as a solo artist. After George Michael scored another number 1 with "Fastlove" in April, Gina G reached the top spot with "Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit" in May. This song was the UK's entry to the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, and originally reached #6 when it was released at the beginning of April. It hovered around the top 5 for the next few weeks, before moving up to 1 in the week of the contest. Although it failed to win, it still became the first Eurovision song to hit #1 since Nicole's "A Little Peace", which won the contest in 1982. The next number 1 was also influenced by media events: "Three Lions", released by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and the band The Lightning Seeds, was the official song of the 1996 European Football Championship (Euro '96), which was being held in England. A rewritten version of the song ("Three Lions '98") would reach number 1 two years later, coinciding with the Football World Cup 1998 (France '98). The Fugees had the biggest selling single of the year, with a cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song". It sold over a million copies. However, by far the most successful act of the year was the Spice Girls, who kickstarted their career with three number 1 singles – the million selling "Wannabe" in July, which was one of the longest No 1 stints by any girl group (7 weeks); (Shakespears Sister's "Stay" is the longest girl group No 1, with 8 weeks), and remains the biggest selling single by a girl group; "Say You'll Be There" in October; and "2 Become 1" in December, also a million seller, the year's Christmas number one single and the UK's fastest selling single of 1996. The Spice Girls debut album Spice was the fastest selling album of 1996, shifting over 1.8 million copies in just 7 weeks. It was also the Number 1 album for Christmas 1996 and the second best selling album of the year. Oasis smashed the record for most weeks in the singles chart (previously held by Adam and the Ants in 1981) with 134 weeks, thanks to mass waves of re entries of songs from their back catalogue throughout the year. 1996 is also grimly notable for having the drummers of two popular bands, Mathew Fletcher of Heavenly, on 14 June, and Chris Acland of Lush, on 17 October, commit suicide. Lush had at the time been in the final stages of planning an American tour, which his devastated bandmates cancelled; they then disbanded. Prolific classical composer Peter Maxwell Davies produced the tenth of his Strathclyde Concertos, an orchestral work which was first performed in Glasgow in October by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, under the composer's baton. In June, his new opera, The Doctor of Myddfai, was premièred in Cardiff. Other British composers who produced new works were Michael Berkeley (Viola Concerto) and John Tavener (Innocence). Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Whistle Down the Wind opened in Washington D. C. in December, to poor reviews, but its score would go on to provide Boyzone with one of the best selling singles of the decade in the form of "No Matter What"; the show did not appear in the West End until 1998.

Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) Sales 6 January "Earth Song"Michael Jackson 55,000 13 January 80,000 20 January "Jesus to a Child" George Michael 110,000 27 January "Spaceman"Babylon Zoo 418,000 3 February 204,000 10 February 128,000 17 February 80,000 24 February 63,000 2 March "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis 250,000 9 March "How Deep Is Your Love" Take That 257,000 16 March 120,000 23 March 90,000 30 March "Firestarter" The Prodigy 119,000 6 April 80,000 13 April 75,000 20 April "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison 90,000 27 April 90,000 4 May "Fastlove" George Michael 111,000 11 May 75,000 18 May 55,000 25 May "Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit" Gina G 75,000 1 June "Three Lions" Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds 110,000 8 June "Killing Me Softly" The Fugees 157,000 15 June 195,000 22 June 173,000 29 June 160,000 6 July "Three Lions" Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds 140,000 13 July "Killing Me Softly" The Fugees 103,000 20 July "Forever Love" Gary Barlow 109,000 27 July "Wannabe" Spice Girls 108,000 3 August 154,000 10 August 150,000 17 August 145,000 24 August 125,000 31 August 110,000 7 September 90,000 14 September "Flava" Peter Andre 129,000 21 September "Ready or Not"The Fugees 72,000 28 September 75,000 5 October "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Deep Blue Something 85,000 12 October "Setting Sun" The Chemical Brothers 99,000 19 October "Words" Boyzone 232,000 26 October "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls 349,000 2 November 163,000 9 November "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted / Saturday Night at the Movies / You'll Never Walk Alone" Robson & Jerome 196,000 16 November 113,000 23 November "Breathe" The Prodigy 195,000 30 November 95,000 7 December "I Feel You" Peter Andre 87,000 14 December "A Different Beat" Boyzone 90,000 21 December "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"/"Throw These Guns Away" Dunblane 189,000 28 December "2 Become 1"Spice Girls 462,000

Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales 6 January Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome 216,000 13 January (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis53,000 20 January 48,000 27 January 46,000 3 February 45,000 10 February 48,000 17 February 42,000 24 February Expecting to Fly The Bluetones 83,000 2 March (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 81,000 9 March 107,000 16 March 84,000 23 March Falling into You Céline Dion 101,000 30 March Anthology 2 The Beatles 78,000 6 April Greatest Hits Take That 276,000 13 April 174,000 20 April 100,000 27 April52,000 4 May Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 54,000 11 May 65,000 18 May 1977 Ash 54,000 25 May Older George Michael 281,000 1 June 114,000 8 June 80,000 15 June Load Metallica 70,000 22 June 18 Til I Die Bryan Adams 54,000 29 June Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 42,000 6 July Recurring Dream Crowded House 80,000 13 July 47,000 20 July Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 41,000 27 July 37,000 3 August 59,000 10 August 62,000 17 August 56,000 24 August 49,000 31 August 45,000 7 September 47,000 14 September Coming Up Suede 42,000 21 September New Adventures in Hi Fi R. E. M 125,000 28 September K Kula Shaker 133,000 5 October 54,000 12 October Natural Peter Andre 45,000 19 October Greatest Hits Simply Red 87,000 26 October 84,000 2 November Blue Is the Colour The Beautiful South 80,000 9 November A Different Beat Boyzone 95,000 16 November Spice Spice Girls 128,000 23 November Take Two Robson & Jerome 187,000 30 November 168,000 7 December Spice Spice Girls 170,000 14 December 217,000 21 December 271,000 28 December 364,000

Chart date(week ending) Album 6 January Hits 96 13 January 20 January 27 January 3 February Sisters of Swing 10 February The Best Album in the World Ever! 2 17 February 24 February The No.1 Love Album 2 March In the Mix 96 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 March Now 33 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 April 4 May Dance Zone 7 11 May Boyz of Swing 18 May New Hits 96 25 May 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 June 6 July 13 July 20 July Big Mix '96 27 July 3 August 10 August 17 August The Best Dance Album in the World Ever! Part 6 24 August Now 34 31 August 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 September 5 October 12 October In the Mix 96 – 3 19 October Kiss in Ibiza '96 26 October 2 November 9 November 16 November Huge Hits 1996 23 November 30 November Now 35 7 December 14 December 21 December 28 December

No. (Number) Title Artist Peakposition 1 "Killing Me Softly" Fugees 1 2 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 1 3 "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo 1 4 "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls 1 5 "Return of the Mack" 1 6 "Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit" 1 7 "Three Lions" Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds 1 8 "Children" 2 9 "Mysterious Girl" featuring Bubbler Ranx 2 10 "2 Become 1" Spice Girls 1 11 "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis 1 12 "How Deep Is Your Love" Take That 1 13 "Un Break My Heart" 2 14 "Breathe" 1 15 "Firestarter" 1 16 "Words" Boyzone 1 17 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Deep Blue Something 1 18 "If You Ever" East 17 featuring Gabrielle 2 19 "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"/"Saturday Night at the Movies"/"You'll Never Walk Alone" Robson & Jerome 1 20 "Anything" 3T 2 21 "Fastlove" 1 22 "Macarena" Los del Río 2 23 "Born Slippy NUXX" Underworld 2 24 "Ready or Not" Fugees 1 25 "The X Files" 2 26 "One & One" featuring Maria Nayler 3 27 "Because You Loved Me" 5 28 "Give Me a Little More Time" Gabrielle 5 29 "Nobody Knows" 4 30 "You're Gorgeous" Babybird 3 31 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"/"Throw These Guns Away" Dunblane 1 32 "Cecilia" Suggs featuring Louchie Lou & Michie One 4 33 "Flava" 1 34 "Don't Stop Movin'" Livin' Joy 5 35 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" 3 36 "I Love You Always Forever" 5 37 "How Bizarre" OMC 5 38 "Jesus to a Child" 1 39 "Virtual Insanity" Jamiroquai 3 40 "Forever Love" 1 41 "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" 5 42 "I Wanna Be a Hippy" Technohead 6 43 "There's Nothing I Won't Do" JX 4 44 "Insomnia" Faithless 3 45 "What's Love Got to Do with It" featuring Adina Howard 2 46 "Freedom" 2 47 "I Got 5 on It" Luniz 3 48 "Earth Song" 1 49 "Spinning the Wheel" 2 50 "A Design for Life" Manic Street Preachers 2

No. (Number) Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 Jagged Little Pill 1 2,000,000 2 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 1 1,840,000 3 Spice Spice Girls 1 1,678,000 4 Falling into You 1 5 Older 1 6 Take Two Robson & Jerome 1 7 The Score Fugees 2 8 Greatest Hits Take That 1 9 Greatest Hits Simply Red 1 10 Blue Is the Colour 1 11 Moseley Shoals Ocean Colour Scene 2 12 Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House 1 13 Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family 3 14 Bizarre Fruit/Bizarre Fruit II M People 3 15 Travelling Without Moving Jamiroquai 2 16 K Kula Shaker 1 17 The Smurfs Go Pop! 2 18 A Different Beat Boyzone 1 19 Different Class Pulp 2 20 Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers 2 21 Definitely Maybe Oasis 9 22 Hits Mike and the Mechanics 3 23 Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 3 24 18 til I Die 1 25 Garbage Garbage 6 26 Wildest Dreams 4 27 All Change Cast 7 28 Secrets 10 29 1977 Ash 1 30 Sheryl Crow 5 31 Christmas Party 8 32 Stanley Road 7 33 Free Peace Sweet Dodgy 7 34 New Adventures in Hi Fi R. E. M. 1 35 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 3 36 Said and Done Boyzone 5 37 Robert Miles 7 38 Spiders Space 5 39 Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome 1 40 The Bends Radiohead 4 41 Expecting to Fly 1 42 Natural 1 43 If We Fall in Love Tonight 8 44 Life Simply Red 8 45 Crocodile Shoes II 10 46 Walking Wounded Everything but the Girl 4 47 Evita Madonna/Various Artists 7 48 The It Girl Sleeper 5 49 The Finest Fine Young Cannibals 10 50 Mercury Falling Sting 4

The 1996 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Pulp – Different Class.