‘Timeless’ Lingers On

Michael Bolton’s “Timeless” continues to reap the benefits of the exposure from his TV special a few weeks ago, holding down the third spot on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart.

Sade’s “Love Deluxe,” which has done much better than expected considering her four-year hiatus, tops both the local pop and the R&B; charts.

Whitney Houston’s single “I Will Always Love You,” from the soundtrack of her first movie, “The Bodyguard,” is a smash hit, zooming to No. 2 and looking like a shoo-in for No. 1.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Love Deluxe, Sade (5) 1 2 Unplugged, Eric Clapton (3) 2 3 Timeless, Michael Bolton (2) 3 4 Ten, Pearl Jam (9) 8 5 The Chase, Garth Brooks (1) 7 6 Erotica, Madonna (10) 6 7 Automatic for the People, R.E.M. (8) 5 8 Pure Country, George Strait (6) 9 9 What’s the 411?, Mary J. Blige (12) 11 10 3 Years . . ., Arrested Devel. (26) 13

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Rump Shaker, Wreckx-n-Effect (1) 2 2 I Will Always. . ., Whitney Houston (2) 7 3 If I Ever Fall in Love, Shai (3) 1 4 How Do You Talk. . ., the Heights (4) 5 5 Back to the Hotel, N2Deep (10) 3 6 I’d Die Without You, PM Dawn (5) 6 7 Jump Around, House of Pain (6) 4 8 Rhythm Is a Dancer, Snap (8) 9 9 What About Your Friends, TLC (9) 10 10 Sometimes Love. . ., Patty Smyth (11) 13

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Love Deluxe, Sade (1) 1 2 What’s the 411?, Mary J. Blige (2) 2 3 3 Years. . ., Arrested Devel. (8) 3 4 Boomerang, soundtrack (3) 4 5 Ooooooohhh--On the TLC Tip, TLC (6) 7 6 Funky Divas, En Vogue (7) 5 7 Bobby, Bobby Brown (4) 9 8 , Prince (9) 6 9 Guerillas in tha Mist, Da Lench Mob (12) 8 10 Back to the Hotel, N2Deep (16) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 15