On the Artist charts the top 4 is stable and in the same position they were last week. Monica at #1, Janet #1, Whitney at #3 and Mariah at #4. Toni Braxton rose from 7 to #5 and Nicki Minaj places at #7 while Ariana is #8.
On the Albums chart "The Boy Is Mine" extends its record as the longest stay at #1 after debuting there across all charts, spending its 6th week at the peak it only has 2 more weeks to tie "Positions" record as longest #1 album. "Janet" rises back to its peak of #2 staying its 3rd consecutive week top 5. "Miss Thang" by Monica slips to #3 from #2 and "Secrets" by Toni Braxton has risen to #4. The "Soul of a Woman" album rises to #5 after "Friend of Mine" skyrockets to #2 on the Singles chart.
On the singles of chart "Angel of Mine" returns to #1 from #2 last week with a 60% sales increase, it is officially the 2nd longest #1 song and the fastest song to enter the top 5 songs of all time after it only spending its 6th week on the charts . "Friend of Mine" has one of the biggest jumps into the top 5 in history with 17 places being jumped to its new peak of #2. "Talking In His Sleep" is the final single from "Secrets" by Toni Braxton and it has peaked at #3 in its 2nd week, the album peaked at #2 for 1 week and has spent 4 weeks top 5. "The Boy Is Mine" extends the # of weeks Monica has had 2 or more songs in the top 5, the song also ends the #4 streak set by "The First Night", the song spent 5 weeks at the #4 spot and is the longest running non-#1 peak and the 3rd longest peak in chart history including #1 singles. As the song slips to #5 it becomes the 6th longest top 5 single and is the 2nd longest consecutive top 5, top 5 debut. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston has left the charts after 38 weeks on the chart and 8 weeks at #1, its the longest running #1 single of all time, the #1 single of all time, and is the single with the most chart points.
