POP LP CHART

“Actually,” the new album by the popular Pet Shop Boys, is shooting up the Billboard magazine pop LP chart, propelled by the group’s hit single, “It’s a Sin.” The album is No. 37 and the single is No. 19. Aerosmith’s “Permanent Vacation” (No. 21) looks like the band’s biggest hit since its heyday in the late ‘70s. Yes’ album “Big Generator” debuted at No. 61. Michael Jackson’s “Bad” is the No. 1 album for the fourth consecutive week. Lisa Lisa’s “Lost in Emotion” took over top spot on the pop singles chart. It’s her second No. 1 in a row (“Head to Toe” was the pop-singles champ a few months ago). Hot singles: Madonna’s “Causing a Commotion” (No. 5), Bruce Springsteen’s “Brilliant Disguise” (No. 20) and “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” (No. 25) by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.

* Kiss, the flashy glam-trash hard-rock band that everyone had given up for dead a while ago, is still quite alive. Its new album “Crazy Nights” has jumped to No. 24 in just two weeks on the chart.

TITLE RANK RANK WEEKS LAST 2WKS ON WEEK AGO CHART 1. Bad 1 1 4 MichaelJackson(Epic) 2. Whitesnake 2 2 27 Whitesnake(Geffen) 3. Whitney 3 3 17 WhitneyHouston(Arista) 4. Hysteria 5 5 9 DefLeppard(Polygram) 5. AMomentaryLapseofReason 8 14 4 PinkFloyd(Columbia) * CrazyNights 57 ---- 2 Kiss(Polygram)