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- "Off the Hook": "Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 23 July 1995 - 29 July 1995". Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- "Traces of My Lipstick": "Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 24 May 1998 - 30 May 1998". Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 23, 2023.
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- "Freedom (Theme from Panther)": "Billboard Hot 100 Singles". Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 22. June 3, 1995. p. 108. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- "Xscape Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- 1 2 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart peaks:
- "Freedom (Theme from Panther)": "Hot R&B Singles". Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 21. May 27, 1995. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- "Xscape Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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- "Who Can I Run To": "Scottish Singles Chart: 21 January 1996 - 27 January 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- "The Arms of the One Who Loves You": "Scottish Singles Chart: 16 August 1998 - 22 August 1998". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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- "Keep on, Keepin' On", and "Bounce with Me": "Xscape Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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