A Notable Development

Propelled by the No. 7 single “People Everyday,” the Atlanta-based alternative rap group Arrested Development has a hit album, “3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of . . .,” that climbed to No. 6 and should crack the Southern California Top 5. It also heads the R&B; and rap charts.

Apparently Annie Lennox’s appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards boosted Southern California sales of her album “Diva,” No. 31 nationally but No. 2 here. On the other hand, Billy Ray Cyrus isn’t as strong here as he is nationally, his “Some Gave All” slipping to No. 9.

The exclusive Southern California charts are prepared by The Times from information supplied by SoundScan Inc., the music industry’s leading sales-reporting service.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Ten Pearl Jam (2) 1 2 Diva Annie Lennox (31) 8 3 Beyond the Season Garth Brooks (4) 4 4 Unplugged Eric Clapton (3) 2 5 Jon Secada Jon Secada (34) -- 6 3 Years . . . Arrested Development (14) 19 7 Singles soundtrack (7) 16 8 Bobby Bobby Brown (5) 3 9 Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus (1) 7 10 Blood Sugar . . . Red Hot Chili Peppers (12) 5

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title Artist (National Rank) 1 Sometimes Love . . . Patty Smyth (3) 2 End of the Road Boyz II Men (1) 3 Rhythm Is a Dancer Snap (19) 4 Jump Around House of Pain (2) 5 Back to the Hotel N2Deep (9) 6 Just Another Day Jon Secada (13) 7 People Everyday Arrested Development (10) 8 Humpin’ Around Bobby Brown (5) 9 Real Love Mary J. Blige (23) 10 The One Elton John (17)

Last Week 1 11 2 1 3 20 4 3 5 2 6 10 7 6 8 14 9 -- 10 18

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 3 Years. . . Arrested Development (7) 8 2 Bobby Bobby Brown (1) 1 3 Boomerang soundtrack (5) 4 4 Funky Divas En Vogue (4) 2 5 House of Pain House of Pain (8) 3 6 What’s the 411? Mary J. Blige (2) 7 7 Totally Krossed Out Kris Kross (3) 6 8 Unplugged Mariah Carey (9) 5 9 Ooooooohhh . . . on the TLC Tip TLC (10) 10 10 Back to the Hotel N2Deep (14) 9

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 20