A New Top Dog

Rapper Ice Cube, with “Lethal Injection,” debuted at No. 1 on three of The Times’ Southern California album charts: pop, R&B; and rap. He replaced another local rapper, Snoop Doggy Dogg, as leader of those charts. However, Snoop Dogg still tops the pop singles chart with “What’s My Name.” Harry Connick Jr.’s “When My Heart Finds Christmas” is the hottest of the holiday albums, jumping from No. 18 to No. 7. Country music fans are in a Christmas mood, with two seasonal albums in the Top 10--Vince Gill’s “Let There Peace on Earth” (No. 2) and Garth Brooks’ “Beyond the Season” (No. 8).

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (5) -- 2 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 2 3 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (2) 1 4 Duets, Frank Sinatra (7) 3 5 Vs., Pearl Jam (3) 4 6 janet., Janet Jackson (8) 7 7 When My Heart..., Harry Connick Jr. (14) 18 8 Spaghetti Incident?, Guns N’ Roses (15) 5 9 B&B; Experience, Beavis&Butt-Head; (12) 8 10 The One Thing, Michael Bolton (6) 6

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 What’s My Name, Snoop Doggy Dogg (6) -- 2 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (5) 1 3 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (1) 2 4 Hero, Mariah Carey (3) 3 5 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (10) 8 6 All for Love, Bryan Adams(7) 9 Rod Stewart, Sting 7 I’d Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf (4) 4 8 Again, Janet Jackson (2) 6 9 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (13) 7 10 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa (9) 5

TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Songs of the Eagles, Various artists (1) 1 2 Let There Be Peace..., Vince Gill (4) 2 3 Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Reba McEntire (3) 3 4 In Pieces, Garth Brooks (2) 4 5 Lot About Livin’, Alan Jackson (5) 6 6 Easy Come Easy Go, George Strait (6) 7 7 Song Remembers..., Trisha Yearwood (9) 5 8 Beyond the Season, Garth Brooks (8) 8 9 Tell Me Why, Wynonna Judd (12) 9 10 Honky Tonk Angels, Dolly Parton(13) 10 Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Dec. 12, 1993