That’s Life

Senior citizens can have chart clout too. Frank Sinatra’s “Duets” album, featuring the Chairman crooning with such stars as Barbra Streisand, Luther Vandross and U2’s Bono, made a big splash on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart, premiering at No. 2. Another relative “codger,” fortysomething Meat Loaf, rules the pop singles chart with “I’d Do Anything for Love.” Add to that “River of Dreams”--No. 15 locally and No. 7 nationally--by Billy Joel, who’s also in his 40s. It’s the graying of the pop charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Vs., Pearl Jam (1) 1 2 Duets, Frank Sinatra (2) -- 3 Music Box, Mariah Carey (5) 2 4 It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa, Eazy-E (8) 3 5 Songs of the Eagles, Various artists (4) 4 6 All the Greatest Hits, Zapp & Roger (45) 6 7 Get In Where Ya Fit In, Too Short (9) 9 8 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (10) 11 9 MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs (14) 7 10 In Utero, Nirvana (11) 5

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’d Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf (1) 2 2 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (5) 1 3 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (3) 3 4 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (2) 6 5 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane (9) 4 6 Indo Smoke, Mista Grimm (45) 5 7 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa (4) 7 8 Again, Janet Jackson (6) 9 9 Keep Ya Head Up, 2Pac (10) -- 10 Slow & Easy, Zapp & Roger (59) 12

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um, Eazy-E (3) 2 3 All the Greatest Hits, Zapp & Roger (17) 3 4 Get In Where Ya Fit In, Too Short (4) 5 5 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (5) 6 6 janet., Janet Jackson (2) 4 7 I’m Ready, Tevin Campbell (7) 7 8 Hummin Comin at Cha, Xscape (6) -- 9 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (8) 8 10 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., 2Pac (15) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 7