Hot ‘Shots’

Rapper LL Cool J has the week’s hot new release, “14 Shots to the Dome,” which enters The Times’ Southern California pop album chart at No. 8 while snaring the No. 3 slot on the R&B; chart. As expected, “The Bodyguard” bounced back to the top of the pop chart after being displaced for a week by Depeche Mode’s new album, which slipped to No. 2. “The Bodyguard” also continues to dominate the R&B; chart. The “Coverdale/Page” album, pairing rockers David Coverdale and Jimmy Page, may be a flash-in-the-pan. After making a splashy pop chart debut two weeks ago, at No. 6, it quickly dropped out of the Top 20.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (1) 2 2 Songs of Faith. . ., Depeche Mode (6) 1 3 Unplugged, Eric Clapton (3) 3 4 Aladdin, soundtrack (12) 7 5 Breathless, Kenny G (2) 5 6 Ten Summoner’s Tales, Sting (7) 4 7 Pocket. . .of Kryptonite, Spin Doctors (4) 6 8 14 Shots to the Dome, LL Cool J (5) -- 9 Love Deluxe, Sade (14) 10 10 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (9) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Informer, Snow (1) 1 2 Nuthin But a “G” Thang, Dr. Dre (3) 2 3 Freak Me, Silk (2) 3 4 It Was a Good Day, Ice Cube (9) 5 5 Ditty, Paperboy (5) 4 6 I’m So Into You, SWV (6) 7 7 I Have Nothing, Whitney Houston (7) 10 8 A Whole New World, Bryson/Belle (16) 9 9 Down With the King, Run-DMC (10) 6 10 Touch My Light, Big Mountain (91) 16

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Breathless, Kenny G (2) 2 3 14 Shots to the Dome, LL Cool J (3) -- 4 Love Deluxe, Sade (7) 4 5 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (5) 3 6 Dangerous, Michael Jackson (10) 5 7 12 Inches of Snow, Snow (4) 8 8 Lose Control, Silk (6) 9 9 It’s About Time, SWV (13) -- 10 3 Years 5 Months. . ., Arrested Dev. (9) 7

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of April 4