The Spice Girls celebrate a fifth week at Number 1

The Spice Girls maintain a strong front at Number 1 with Too Much.  The single enters its fifth consecutive week above the list, having fend off strong competition from All Saints and Sheryl Crow. In total, the girls have spent forty-two weeks crowning the charts with numerous hits. To date, their most successful entry is the Diamond-certified Wannabe.

Sheryl Crow does threat to dethrone the Spice Girls’ reign, following at Number 2 with Tomorrow Never Dies which is taken from the James Bond-film of the same name. Only one other artist managed to peak at Number 2 with a James Bond-song, being Tina Turner with GoldenEye in January 1996. Tomorrow Never Dies has become Sheryl Crow her best-scoring single to date, surpassing previous successes such as All I Wanna Do.

Allure score their first Top 10-entry with All Cried Out alongside the group 112. The New York-based girl group kickstarted their career with Head Over Heels which became a hit in the United States. More singles followed, including their debut album “Allure”. Their proper breakthrough has come in the form of All Cried Out, which is climbing the charts around the world. On this list, All Cried Out becomes their first success as well, peaking at Number 8 this week.

Guus Meeuwis & Vagant score the highest debut of the week. The Dutch group has already left an enormous legacy on this list, scoring two highly successful Number 1-hits and scoring over 500,000 points. Their most successful entry so far has been Het Is Een Nacht… (Levensecht) which spent eight weeks above the list, amassed over 160,000 points and holds as the second-best-scoring single of all time. Their other entries, including Per Spoor (Kedeng Kedeng) and Ik Tel Tot 3 have been sensational success as well. Guus Meeuwis & Vagant enter with the new 't Dondert en ’t Bliksemt, which debuts at Number 14 this week.

Aqua celebrate a Gold Certification for Doctor Jones. The highly catchy song, which is a nod to the famous Indiana Jones, has been a strong follow-up to the Platinum-certified Barbie Girl. The song peaked at Number 3 and fought of strong competition from All Saints and Natalie Imbruglia. As of this week, Aqua has amassed over 40,000 points.