Eternal climb to their first ever Number 1-hit with I Wanna Be the Only One, featuring American R&B-singer BeBe Winans. Eternal has entered the list numerous times before, having scored two Top 10s and seven Top 40s. Up to this date, Eternal their highest-peaking endeavors were Baby I… and Someday, which both peaked at Number 10. Their newest single I Wanna Be the Only One is now their highest-peaking single to date. Internationally, the single also enjoys much success. The hit already topped the charts in the United Kingdom and is climbing the Top 10s worldwide. Eternal is the second black girl group in history to score a Number 1-hit, following TLC back in February 1995 with Creep. Eternal’s hit dethrones Toen Ik Je Zag by Hero, which spent two consecutive weeks above the list.
Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli score the highest debut of the week. The duo enters with the hit Time to Say Goodbye. Originally, the song is called Con te partirò, an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori. It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year, “Bocelli”. It was a success in France, where it became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, and then in Belgium, breaking the all-time record sales there. A second version of the song, sung partly in English, released in 1996 as Time to Say Goodbye, paired Bocelli with British soprano Sarah Brightman, and achieved even greater success. The song is becoming a massive hit in the United Kingdom and is climbing the charts worldwide. The heartfelt ballad opens at Number 17 this week.
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