Nippy on the Charts

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99/02/28

Great news from the UK!! "It's Not Right But It's Okay" debuted at #3 in the singles chart, a very good position. AND the album has gone up again! It is up 15 places to #22! Now this is MLIYL's highest position here!! The previous peak was #27 which was the albums debut position. MLIYL should climb again next week too as it is really going up loads each week. YES!!! She's back!! (submitted by: Chris W.)

INRBIO sold 161,500 copies last week in the UK. 4/5 weeks this would easily be #1 which just proves how tough the competition was. This will be one of her biggest sellers! (submitted by: Chris W.)

INRBIOK debutted way up on the UK charts. It captured the # 1 spot on the R&B charts and entered at the #3 spot on the Pop Singles charts. You could check out this information and more at: www.dotmusic.com. (submitted by: Trevor P.)

On last weekend's broadcast of the World Chart Show (February 28, 1999), "It's Not Right But It's Okay" rose from #20 to #14. (submitted by: Alexandra, Rachel's little sister)

99/02/27

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows that Whitney has 2 of the top 20 Dance songs. HH is at #9 while INRBIOK holds on to #18. This is fabulous, it shows that Whitney's attempts to grab onto a younger, hipper audience is taking shape. I just wish it would translate into higher album sales. (submitted by: Dan L.)

It's Not Right But It's Okay looks set to enter the UK singles charts at #3 tomorrow (Sunday). Britney Spears is still selling in large quantities and Blur released their new single this week. However, despite what Arista may have hoped for, #3 is a brilliant position for Whitney to get to:- her highest since I Have Nothing and her joint 5th highest chart position in the UK ever if it enters at #3 on Sunday. (submitted by: Chris W.)

99/02/26

Here are additional Billboard updates for the week ending March 6, 1999:

Billboard Hot 100: "When You Believe" continues its descent, as it slides down 7 notches from No. 24 to No. 31.

Hot Dance Music / Club Play: "It's Not Right But It's Okay" tumbles 10 spots from No. 8 to No. 18.

Adult Contemporary: "When You Believe" slips only one position from No. 7 to No. 8. (submitted by: Rob N.)

Well, you gotta give props to R&B radio for fully supporting "Heartbreak Hotel", as it spends its fourth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles & Tracks (for the week ending March 6, 1999). Obviously, fans spanning many genres are buying the single, helping it to remain atop the chart as well as garnering the Power Pick/Sales award on the Billboard Hot 100 (its third time in four weeks!). (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/25

Billboard Charts for the week ending March 6/99:

Top 200 Albums: MLIYL down from #26 to #32.

Top R+B Albums: MLIYL down from #13 to #16.

Top Pop Singles: HH stays at #3 with a bullet for "Power Pick/Sales". Dance / Club Play: HH is up from #22 to #9.

99/02/22

On last weekend's broadcast of the World Chart Show (February 20/21, 1999), "It's Not Right But It's Okay" rose another 5 notches from No. 25 to No. 20. "When You Believe" still remains popular globally, slipping only 2 spots from No. 10 to No. 12. (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/21

According to DotMusic, "My Love Is Your Love" has shot up 21 places in the UK album chart!!!!! It was #58 last week and is now #37!! (Its 3rd highest position in its 14 week run!) Go Whitney!!! It's positions are now: 27,36,51,56,55,54,71,62,57,51,60,56,58,37!! I knew the Brits would help the album but I had no idea it would go up so much! I think this is the highest climber of the week. (o:

On the singles chart WYB slip 7 to 67 on its 11th week. Once again, this is an excellent chart run for a single in the UK. INRBIO is out next week so we should see the album go up even more and a very high new entry on the singles chart! (submitted by: Chris)

99/02/18

Make it 3 consecutive weeks for "Heartbreak Hotel", as the gold single remains atop the Billboard Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart for the week ending February 27, 1999. Additionally, "When You Believe" holds at No. 7 on the Adult Comtemporary list, while "It's Not Right But It's Okay" slips only 1 notch from No. 7 to No. 8 on the Hot Dance Music / Club Play tally. This small slide on the dance charts attests to the popularity of the song, as the chart is quite dynamic. Dance tracks may see meteoric rises to the top, but usually experience similar drops as well. (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/17

H/H has moved to #3, "with a bullet", on the Billboard Top 100 Singles charts. The single is expeted to remain at the top of the R&B Charts. One very good source told me that Arista is doing a lot of promotional work with radio stations to promote Nippy and her CDs. The person acknowledged that Nippy has sold more CD for Arista than any other artist and that Clive Davis will do everything to make sure that she captures the Top spot with H/H. Very huge contest are being planned in the US with at least 2 radio stations! I don't want to say too much as I'm sure Sony would, if privy to inside information, only try to copy Arista's Strategies. (submitted by: Trevor P.)

MLIYL inched up one (1) spot to land at #13 on the Billboard R&B Album Charts. Eventhough there was no notable change in sales the CD slipped to #26 on the Billboard Top 100 Album Charts (i.e. on the pop chatrs). According to my source, the album slipped marginally only because a few new releases have entered way up on the charts. (submitted by: Trevor P.)

99/02/13

According to Dot Music: As I said earlier in the week, MLIYL is now 56 in the UK after 12 weeks. I just found out its sales: 93,000. This is 'disappointing' for Whitney but like Arista have said the album will sell a lot more before its time is up. Really the album hasn't even had a first single yet as WYB was seen more as a Mariah song here. INRBIO is due to hit the shops on 22/2 so album sales should really pick up after that (submitted by: Chris)

While "When You Believe" falls 3 spots from No. 7 to No. 10 on the World Chart Show (weekend broadcast of February 13/14, 1999), "It's Not Right But It's Okay" continues its assault toward the "global throne", leaping 4 notches from No. 29 to No. 25. (submitted by: Rob N.)

Article in Billboard Mag: (Chart week ending February 20,1999) After a 3 1/2 year absence from the #1 position at the R&B singles charts, Whitney Houston hits Number 1 for the second week in a row with her new smash hit "Heartbreak Hotel" (feat. Faith Evans and Kelly Price). "Heartbreak reportingly has sold 94,500+ copies already. "Heartbreak Hotel" is also #1 in the Hot R&B singles sales for the week also. In other news, It's not right but it's okay was number 1 for three weeks before dropping to number 7. (submitted by: Jermal W.)

99/02/11

As "Heartbreak Hotel" sizzles on the Billboard charts (for the week ending February 20, 1999), "When You Believe" continues its descent. The single moves down from No. 4 to No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Additionally, "It's Not Right But It's Okay" slips from No. 3 to No. 7 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play list. As Trevor P. reported, "Heartbreak Hotel" indeed rises to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in the process earns consecutive Power Pick/Sales awards. (submitted by: Rob N.)

Just FYI, the Billboard Hot 100 is based on a 75%/25% airplay/sales ratio data point system. The Hot R&B Singles & Tracks follows a 70/30 formula. Sales data is compiled by SoundScan, while airplay is determined by Broadcast Data Systems. Furthermore, points garnered from playlists from small radio stations not monitored by BDS also factor in the final placing of a single/track on the big chart. (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/10

When "It's Not Right But It's Okay" debuted on the World Chart Show last week at No. 29, it was the "debut dominator" (i.e. the highest debuting track of the week). (submitted by: Rob N.)

According to Dot Music, MLIYL is up to #1 on the official UK dance album chart. Whitney was #10 last week and she succeeded to make it to #1 after 10 weeks on the chart. This success is due to great popularity of her next single "It`s not right but it`s ok". (submitted by: JasMin C.)

I just got confirmation that MLIYL has "moved with a bullet" to capture the #23 spot on the Billboard top 200 album charts. The album has however remained steady at #14 on Billboard's R&B Album Charts. (submitted by: Trevor P.)

H/H has moved up from #7 to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles. Kindly also note that it remained at the #1 spot on the R&B singles chart. Please bear in mind that the Billboard singles charts are compiled as follows: (1) Airplay: 80% (2) Sales: 20%
Note: Unconfirmed reports indicate that sales have been particularly brisk. With a little bit more airplay the song might have already topped the Top 100 charts. (submitted by: Trevor P.)

99/02/9

Billboard Wrap-Up for February 13/99
Whitney's "Heartbreak Hotel" elbows its way right smack dab into the Top 10, moving to #7* (sales catapult from 27 to #6* and airplay to #19*; it's the week's greatest sales gainer). Its sales increased 500%. Billboard reports that the single was available exclusively in the maxi-single configuration the first week and became available in the regular format just last week. I believe Billboard, but I swear to God I saw the regular single format in Tower during the single's first week in stores, indicating that street-date violations with the regular format during the first week may have been extensive. Whitney's maxi is bulleted at #2* on Maxi-Singles Sales but remains behind Cher. "Heartbreak Hotel" is Whitney's 20th Top 10 single, placing her squarely between Janet's 23 and Mariah's 17. Whitney ranks lucky #13 among artists with the most Top 10 hits in the rock era (Janet's 23 places her at #8; Madonna, of course, has 32 and ranks #3). "Heartbreak Hotel" unseats the record "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" at #1* on Hot R&B Singles. (submitted by: Carlos C.)

99/02/8

After a record-setting 14-week run at the top with "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here"(Arista), Deborah Cox yields the No. 1 slot on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles & Tracks to labelmate Whitney Houston. "Heartbreak Hotel,"recorded with Faith Evans and Kelly Price, moves from No. 6 to No. 1, making it the first song titled "Heartbreak Hotel"to top the R&B list. Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"was his first song to appear on Billboard's R&B chart; it peaked at No. 3 in 1956. A quarter-century later, the Jacksons had a different song titled "Heartbreak Hotel,"and it spent five weeks at No. 2. (submitted by: Rodney D.)

According to DotMusic, in the UK "My Love Is Your Love" climbs 4 to #56 this week. "When You Believe" is down 10 to 53 on its 9th week. (this is a good chart run for the top 75 in the UK) (submitted by: Chris)

According to the PEPSI TOP 20 Charts, Radio Evropa 2, Whitney's and Mariah's WYB climbs 2 places to nr.5 this week in Czech rep. (submitted by: Katerina L.)

99/02/6

Once again, this week's World Chart Show chart (weekend broadcast of February 6/7, 1999) exhibits how much the world loves Whitney. While "When You Believe" holds at No. 7 (after 2 solid weeks at No. 1), "It's Not Right But It's Okay" bows in at No. 29. (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/4

SOmeone mentioned in the chart section that Hearbreak Hotel was number 7 on the pop chart due to sales, and it could climb higher, well here in Philadelphia, they play Heartbreak Hotel all the time, on evry radio station, it is bound for #1. I have heard the song 5 times already today and it isn't even 4 o'clock yet!!!! So radio is being very friendly to HH. I thought you would like to know. (submitted by: a fan)

As "Heartbreak Hotel" leaps from No. 6 to the summit of the Billboard Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart (for the week ending February 13, 1999), Whitney's other singles lose some ground. After reaching No. 3 last week, "When You Believe" slides a notch to No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. As well, following 3 big weeks at No. 1, "It's Not Right But It's Okay" slips 2 notches to No. 3 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play list. (submitted by: Rob N.)

Heartbreak Hotel is #7 on the Hot 100. Her fellow Arista-label singer Monica is at #1 with Angel of Mine. When You Believe falls three spots to #18 this week on the Hot 100. My Love Is Your Love is up one spot on the R&B album charts to #14. And It's Not Right But It's Ok falls two spots on the Dance/Club Play charts to #3. Bette Midler takes over the #1 spot. Cher continues to hold the #1 spot for Club/Maxi Single Sales. (submitted by: Dan L.)

On the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending February 13, 1999, "Heartbreak Hotel" earns the Power Pick/Sales award and rockets up 22 spots from No. 29 to No. 7. Meanwhile, as "Heartbreak Hotel" gains popularity, "When You Believe" slides down 3 notches from No. 15 to No. 18. Obviously, fans are eating up the single at retail, as their high chart positions have been driven by sales. Let's hope radio lends support to HH, unlike WYB (however, in all fairness, R&B radio has been giving HH a high number of spins). (submitted by: Rob N.)

99/02/3

According to Billboard, MLIYL jumps from #34 to #31 in the US selling 45,000K (last week it sold 41,000). (submitted by: Fran)

According to the Billboard Chart information on AOL, HH has reached #1 on the R&B Singles Chart. (submitted by: Mark)

The following music and video charts are the latest from Billboard and are scheduled to appear in next week's issue. (for the week ending Feb. 14th).
Hot R&B Singles (Compiled from a national sample of sales reports and radio playlists)

"Heartbreak Hotel,"Whitney Houston. Arista.
"Angel Of Mine," Monica. Arista.
"Nobody's Supposed To Be Here,"Deborah Cox. Arista. (Platinum)

(submitted by: Torch)

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