POP LP CHART : Paula Abdul, the Unbeatable One

Is this a rut or what? These days the big news of the week on the pop-music chart front invariably concerns Paula Abdul. This time she’s No. 1 on both Billboard pop charts--”Forever Your Girl” continues as the No. 1 album and “Opposites Attract” inched up one notch to the top of the singles chart. Michael Bolton’s “Soul Provider” climbed four places to No. 12. The B-52’s “Cosmic Thing” moved to No. 5, on the strength of the red-hot single “Roam.”

* Roxette’s “Look Sharp!” is lookin’ good! It scrambled up nine rungs to No. 20. This nearly year-old album is getting a boost from the single “Dangerous,” which jumped to No. 7 on the singles chart.

Rank Rank 2 Weeks Title (Label) Last Week Weeks Ago on Chart 1. “Forever Your Girl” 1 2 82 Paula Abdul (Virgin) 2. “Girl You Know It’s True” 2 3 47 Milli Vanilli (Arista) 3. “... But Seriously” 3 1 11 Phil Collins (Atlantic) 4. “Rhythm Nation 1814” 4 5 19 Janet Jackson (A&M;) 5. “Cosmic Thing” 6 7 30 The B-52’s (Reprise) * “Look Sharp!” 29 35 43 Roxette (EMI)