Ricky Martin remains unstoppable at Number 1 for a fifth week

Ricky Martin celebrates a fifth week at Number 1 with María. The single is becoming a global hit, reaching the Top 10 in multiple European countries. On this list, the single scored over 50,000 points. *NSYNC suffers the most from Ricky Martin’s reign, as their single Tearin’ Up My Heart remains stuck at Number 2 for a fourth consecutive week.

Puff Daddy scores his first Top 10-entry alongside Faith Evans and the group 112. The artists enter with I’ll Be Missing You, which is a tribute song to the massively successful rapper Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace who was murdered on March 9, 1997. The song is already breaking records worldwide, selling over one million copies within its first week. The hit debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard 100 in the United States. On this list, Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112 reach Number 5 this week.

The highest debut of the week is scored by Guus Meeuwis & Vagant. The Dutch group has already left a huge legacy on the list. In August 1995 Guus Meeuwis & Vagant scored their first Number 1-hit with the massively successful Het Is Een Nacht… (Levensecht), which spent eight weeks above the list. The single went on to receive a 5 x Platinum-certification and became the best-scoring single of all time.

Guus Meeuwis & Vagant followed up their success with Per Spoor (Kedeng Kedeng). That single became their second Number 1-hit, received a 2 x Platinum-certification and became the best-scoring single of 1996. Other singles followed, including the Gold-certified successes Zo Ver Weg and Verliefd Zijn. Guus Meeuwis & Vagant return with Ik Tel Tot 3, which is taken from their second studio album “Schilderij”. Can their newest effort live up to its predecessors? It certainly looks like it, as Ik Tel Tot 3 debuts at Number 16 this week.