Post Your First Ever Chart

[iceman]

...and your thoughts on it.

My first top 5 from Feb. 1994

1. Choose-Color Me Badd
2. Stay-Eternal
3. The Sign-Ace of Base
4. Everyday-Phil Collins
5. River of Dreams-Billy Joel


Here is my first top 30 from June 1, 1997

1. Mmmbop-Hanson
2. Return of the Mack-Mark Morrison
3. You Were Meant For Me-Jewel
4. Your Woman-White Town5
5. Abuse Me-silverchair
6. I Want You-Savage Garden
7. One in a Million-Aaliyah
8. #1 Crush-Garbage
9. Talk to Me-Wild Orchid
10. New Pollution-Beck
11. Naked Eye-Luscious Jackson
12. Say You'll Be There-Spice Girls
13. Hard to Say I'm Sorry-Az Yet
14. Alone-Bee Gees
15. For You I Will-Monica
16. Everytime I Close My Eyes-Babyface
17. Too Late, Too Soon-Jon Secada
18. Everyday is a Winding Road-Sheryl Crow
19. I Don't Want To-Toni Braxton
20. Don't Let Go-En Vogue
21. What it Takes-Robyn
22. Don't Speak-No Doubt
23. In My Arms-Erasure
24. Butterfly Kisses-Bob Carlisle
25. Darkhorse-Amanda Marshall
26. A Long December-Counting Crows
27. Hole in My Soul-Aerosmith
28. Deliver Me-Roch Voisine
29. All By Myself-Celine Dion
30. Love is All We Need-Mary J. Blige

The only surprise is Az Yet. The song managed to climb in to the top 5 in the weeks to come but don't think it really deserved it. And yes, I really loved the Hanson song!

Here are the songs that debuted the following weeks:
A Change-Sheryl Crow
Sunday Morning-No Doubt
Song 2-Blur
2 Become 1-Spice Girls
Sunny Came Home-Shawn Colvin
Monkey Wrench-Foo Fighters

[FreakyFlyBry]

January 10, 1999

1. Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
2. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
3. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
4. Alanis Morissette - Thank U
5. Jewel - Hands
6. Celine Dion & R. Kelly - I'm Your Angel
7. Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston - When You Believe
8. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
9. U2 - The Sweetest Thing
10. Cher - Believe
11. Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
12. Third Eye Blind - Jumper
13. Stars on 54 - If You Could Read My Mind
14. All Saints - Lady Marmalade
15. Shania Twain - From This Moment On
16. Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
17. Sarah McLachlan - Angel
18. Jennifer Paige - Crush
19. Bryan Adams - On A Day Like Today
20. Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done
21. Bryan Adams & Melanie C - When You're Gone
22. Spice Girls - Goodbye
23. Everything - Hooch
24. 'N Sync - God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You
25. Will Smith - Miami
26. Sheryl Crow - My Favourite Mistake
27. Fastball - Fire Escape
28. Faith Hill - This Kiss
29. Madonna - The Power of Goodbye
30. Barenaked Ladies - One Week
31. Phil Collins - True Colours
32. Matchbox 20 - Back 2 Good
33. Spice Girls - Viva Forever
34. Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart
35. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
36. Edwin McCain - I'll Be
37. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
38. Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give
39. Shaggy f/Janet - Luv Me, Luv Me
40. Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

New & Active: (not official, but these are songs that debuted in future weeks)
Everclear - Father of Mine
Sugar Ray - Every Morning
Alanis Morissette - Unsent
Emilia - Big Big World
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Elton John & Leann Rimes - Written In The Stars

[halo19]

I don't really remember my very first one, but in 1998 was when I started doing this consistently, and you'll be shocked at how different this is from now:

June 1998:

30. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic"
29. Will Smith - "Just The Two Of Us"
28. Everclear - "I Will Buy You A New Life"
27. Sarah McLachlan - "Adia"
26. The Wallflowers - "Heroes"
25. Mariah Carey - "My All"
24. Five - "When The Lights Go Out"
23. Eric Clapton - "My Father's Eyes"
22. Billie Myers - "Tell Me"
21. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore"
20. Mya - "It's All About Me"
19. Shania Twain - "You're still the one"
18. La Bouche - "You Won't Forget Me"
17. Cherry Poppin Daddies - "Zoot Suit Riot"
16. Puff Daddy f/ Jimmy Page - "Come With Me"
15. Usher - "My Way"
14. Garbage - "Push It"
13. Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"
12. Janet - "I Get Lonely"
11. Next - "Too Close"
10. Big Punisher f/ Joe - "Still Not A Player"
09. Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris"
08. Celine Dion - "To Love You More"
07. Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
06. Fastball - "The Way"
05. Alanis Morrisette - "Uninvited"
04. Semisonic - "Closing Time"
03. Pras, ODB, and Mya - "Ghetto Superstar"
02. Madonna - "Ray of Light"
01. Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"

And I still like most of those. If this were done earlier, "The Way" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" would've been #1 hits. Mariah Carey would have been top-five with that song of hers; for some reason I liked that song so much.
Keep in mind that this was when I was like 10/11 years old.

[af18c]

This is my first internet-published chart. January 6, 2002:
LW TW TITLE ARTIST WKS. ON

1 1 A WOMAN’S WORTH ALICIA KEYS 6 (2)
2 2 WHENEVER WHEREVER SHAKIRA 10
5 3 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO THE CALLING 9
4 4 I’M A SLAVE 4 U BRITNEY SPEARS 15
6 5 HEY BABY NO DOUBT 8
7 6 SON OF A GUN JANET 7
3 7 FAMILY AFFAIR MARY J. BLIGE 15
11 8 CARAMEL CITY HIGH 6
13 9 7 DAYS CRAIG DAVID 7
10 10 U GOT IT BAD USHER 8
9 11 WE FIT TOGETHER OTOWN 13
8 12 EMOTION DESTINY’S CHILD 16
18 13 GIRLFRIEND *NSYNC 4
16 14 MY SACRIFICE CREED 7
20 15 ALWAYS ON TIME JA RULE feat ASHANTI 5
14 16 HERO ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 15
17 17 DIFFERENCES GINUWINE 9
27 18 IN THE END LINKIN PARK 5
15 19 HOW YOU REMIND ME NICKELBACK 12
12 20 GET THE PARTY STARTED PINK 13
19 21 #1 NELLY 6
23 22 AIN’T IT FUNNY JENNIFER LOPEZ 3
24 23 NO MORE DRAMA MARY J. BLIGE 3
22 24 YOU GETS NO LOVE FAITH EVANS 5
25 25 BUTTERFLIES MICHAEL JACKSON 5
21 26 SUPERMAN (IT’S NOT EASY) FIVE FOR FIGHTING 17
28 27 CAN’T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT LEANN RIMES 3
30 28 TROUBLE COLDPLAY 3
29 29 GONE *NSYNC 15
-- 30 THE DISTANCE EVAN & JARON 2

However, I've been doing charts since 97ish. I'll have to go look for them. Ill post that one later.

[Leafstorm]

I made my first "official" chart just last week...

[BFMR]

i'm not sure on the exact date, but it was in early 97...

1. Mase - Feel So Good
2. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
3. Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
4. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans ft. 112 - I'll Be Missing You
5. Live - Turn My Head
6. Matchbox 20 - Push
7. Savage Garden - I Want You
8. Econoline Crush - Home
9. Everclear - Everything To Everyone
10. Blur - Song 2
11. K-Ci & Jojo - All My Life
12. Prodigy - Breathe
13. The Offspring - All I Want
14. N SYNC - I Want You Back
15. Notorius B.I.G. - Hypnotize
16. Sugar Ray ft. Supercat - Fly
17. Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy With It
18. Destiny's Child - No, No, No (pt.2)
19. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
20. Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life
21. The Tea Party - Temptation
22. LL Cool J - Phenomenon
23. Green Day - Basket Case
24. All Saints - I Know Where It's At
25. Matthew Good Band - Everything Is Automatic
26. Hanson - MMMBop
27. The Wallflowers - One Headlight
28. Smash Mouth - Walkin' On the Sun
29. Moist - Gasoline
30. Bush - Mouth (remix)

[jond7699]

I was listening to music all my life and fell in love with charts in the summer of 89 watching the MTV Top 20 Video Countdown and listening to various countdowns on the radio. So I had decided to start a chart of my own. So here it is

January 06 , 1990

tw lw woc pp

40 - 01 40 Don Henley - "The Last Worthless Evening"

39 - 01 39 Michael Damien - "Was It Nothing At All"

38 - 01 38 Young MC - "Bust A Move"

37 - 01 37 Roxette - Dangerous

36 - 01 36 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"

35 - 01 35 Milli Vanilli - "Blame It On The Rain"

34 - 01 34 Babyface - Tender Lover

33 - 01 33 Paula Abdul / The Wild Pair - "Opposites Attract"

32 - 01 32 Chicago - "What Kind Of Man Would I Be"

31 - 01 31 Young MC - "Principal's Office"

30 - 01 30 Bad English - "When I See You Smile"

29 - 01 29 Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes

28 - 01 28 Skid Row - "I Remember You"

27 - 01 27 Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - "Swing The Mood" This is the only song I can not remember for the life of me!!!!!

26 - 01 26 Paula Abdul - "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"

25 - 01 25 Quincy Jones / Ray Charles / Chaka Kahn - "I'll Be Good To You"

24 - 01 24 Motley Crue - "Kickstart My Heart"

23 - 01 23 Joe Cocker - "When The Night Comes"

22 - 01 22 Lou Gramm - "Just Between You & Me"

21 - 01 21 Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"

20 - 01 20 New Kids On The Block - "This Ones For The Children"

19 - 01 19 Aerosmith - "Janies Got A Gun"

18 - 01 18 Rod Stewart - Downtown Train

17 - 01 17 B-52's - "Love Shack"

16 - 01 16 The Rolling Stones - "Between A Rock And A Hard Place"

15 - 01 15 Bon Jovi - "Living In Sin"

14 - 01 14 Jody Watley - "Everything"

13 - 01 13 Seduction - "Two Too Make It Right"

12 - 01 12 Tesla - "Love Song"

11 - 01 11 Tom Petty - "Free Fallin"

10 - 01 10 Soul II Soul / Caron Wheeler - "Back To Life"

09 - 01 09 Michael Bolton - "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You"

08 - 01 08 Madonna - "Oh Father"

07 - 01 07 Cher - "Just Like Jesse James"

06 - 01 06 Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam"

05 - 01 05 Linda Ronstadt / Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much

04 - 01 04 Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"

03 - 01 03 Taylor Dayne - "With Every Beat Of My Heart"

02 - 01 02 Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation"

01 - 01 01 Phil Collins - "Another Day In Paradise"

It is really interesting to look back at my first charts and compare them to those of today.

[Chromeozone]

I made Top 10s every so often before I made my official Top 50 chart, but I have no records of those, so I'll go with my first Top 50.

November 24, 2000
50. Adam Sandler - "The Chanukah Song"
49. TLC - "Dear Lie"
48. Creed - "With Arms Wide Open"
47. Nelly - "EI"
46. Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
45. Nine Days - "If I Am"
44. Blink 182 - "Man Overboard"
43. Mariah Carey - "Can't Take That Away"
42. BBMak - "Still On Your Side"
41. Shaggy - "It Wasn't Me"
40. Vitamin C - "The Itch"
39. Dido - "Here With Me"
38. N Sync - "This I Promise You"
37. Christina Aguilera - "So Emotional"
36. Britney Spears - "Lucky"
35. O-Town - "Liquid Dreams"
34. Ludacris - "What's Your Fantasy?"
33. Eve Six - "Promise"
32. Next - "Wifey"
31. Innosense - "Say No More"
30. The Corrs - "Breathless"
29. Christina Aguilera - "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)"
28. 98 Degrees - "My Everything"
27. Ruff Endz - "No More"
26. Soul Decision - "Faded"
25. Jay-Z - "I Just Wanna Luv U"
24. A-Teens - "Dancing Queen"
23. Evan & Jaron - "Crazy for this Girl"
22. Mikaila - "So In Love With Two"
21. Vertical Horizon - "You're a God"
20. Spice Girls - "Holler"
19. Hoku - "How Do I Feel (The Burrito Song)"
18. Matchbox Twenty - "If You're Gone"
17. Dido - "Thank You"
16. Sonique - "Sky"
15. Kandi - "Don't Think I'm Not"
14. Britney Spears - "Stronger"
13. Eminem featuring Dido - "Stan"
12. Debelah Morgan - "Dance With Me"
11. Dream - "He Loves U Not"
10. Faith Hill - "The Way You Love Me"
9. Three Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
8. 3LW - "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)"
7. Mandy Moore - "Walk Me Home"
6. Mya - "Case of the Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)"
5. Destiny's Child - "Independent Woman Pt. 1"
4. T-Boz - "My Getaway"
3. SR-71 - "Right Now"
2. Backstreet Boys - "Shape of My Heart" (BLEH!!!!)
1. Samantha Mumba - "Gotta Tell You"

[mst3k]

Here's my first chart, from 3/11/89 (it's formatted kind of like the station playlists that Billboard used to print; A = add, EX = extra):

01 The Look - Roxette
02 Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
03 Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli
04 You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block
05 Stand - R.E.M.
06 Eternal Flame - Bangles
07 Wild Thing - Tone Loc
08 I Beg Your Pardon - Kon Kan
09 The Living Years - Mike + the Mechanics
10 Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
11 Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
12 My Heart Can't Tell You No - Rod Stewart
13 She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
14 Roni - Bobby Brown
15 Fading Away - Will To Power
16 Straight Up - Paula Abdul
17 More Than You Know - Martika
18 Dreamin' - Vanessa Williams
19 Surrender To Me - Ann Wilson & Robin Zander
A20 Like A Prayer - Madonna
21 Don't Tell Me Lies - Breathe
22 The Lover In Me - Sheena Easton
23 Paradise City - Guns 'N Roses
24 Second Chance - Thirty-Eight Special
25 You Got It - Roy Orbison
26 Room To Move - Animotion
27 Heaven Help Me - Deon Estus (with George Michael)
28 All She Wants Is - Duran Duran
29 You're Not Alone - Chicago
30 Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya
31 Your Mama Don't Dance - Poison
32 24/7 - Dino
33 Birthday Suit - Johnny Kemp
34 Bring Down The Moon - Boy Meets Girl
35 Superwoman - Karyn White
EX She Won't Talk To Me - Luther Vandross
EX Just Because - Anita Baker
EX Into You - Giant Steps
EX Thinking Of You - Sa-fire
EX Sincerely Yours - Sweet Sensation
A Feels So Good - Van Halen
A Rocket - Def Leppard
A This Time - Kiara (with Shanice Wilson)

The following week, these songs were added:
Somebody Like You - Robbie Nevil
Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
Cult Of Personality - Living Colour
Cryin' - Vixen
One - Metallica

I still like most of the songs on the chart, with the exception of the following:
The Living Years (got sick of this one very quickly)
You're Not Alone (don't even remember liking this one back then, LOL)

And there's a few I haven't heard since 1989, so couldn't tell you if I still like them or not:
Bring Down The Moon
Into You
This Time

[wojteks]

Here is my first ever top 30 from March 31 2002
It was a kind of a mix of 60's to today music.

1.Nickelback - How You Remind Me
2.Linkin Park - In The End
3.Hole - Celebrity Skin
4.Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5.R.E.M. - The One I Love
6.Magda Femme - Rozmowa Z Aniolem
7.HIM - Pretending
8.Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
9.Blue - All Rise
10.U2 - Mysterious Ways
11.Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
12.De Mono - Tamtego Lata
13.Def Leppard-Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?
14.ABBA - Knowing You Knowing Me
15.Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
16.The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'
17.Duran Duran - Notorious
18.Damn Yankees - High Enough
19.Natural - Put Your Arms Around Me
20.Lisa Loeb - Stay
21.Guns'n'Roses - Estranged
22.The Cranberries - Loud And Clear
23.Suede - Trash
24.Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
25.Sheryl Crow - My Favourite Mistake
26.Roxette - Almost Unreal
27.INXS - Elegantly Wasted
28.Shania Twain - Love Gets Me Every Time
29.Catatonia - Road Rage
30.Styx - Come Sail Away

[billcs]

January 5, 1998 was when I started my website. I started posting my chart at various message boards in early 1997 but I don't have any of those charts anymore.

01 ANGEL - Joee
02 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... - Usher
03 BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY - The Verve
04 EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATIC - Matthew Good Band
05 FEEL SO GOOD - Mase
06 THE MUMMERS' DANCE - Loreena McKennitt
07 BRIMFUL OF ASHA - Cornershop
08 TOUCH, PEEL & STAND - Days Of The New
09 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY - Savage Garden
10 THIS MOURNING - Wide Mouth Mason

www.geocities.com/tunedon/tunedontop30.html