Chairman of the Charts

It’s pretty safe to say now that Frank Sinatra’s “Duets”--No. 2 on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart--is no flash-in-the-pan. Lately we haven’t heard a peep out of those detractors who initially insisted the album, a Top 10 staple for nearly two months, would plummet after a few weeks’ success. D.R.S.’s “Gangsta Lean” continues its stranglehold on the top spot on the pop singles’ chart. And whoomp! Here it is again --Tag Team’s single “Whoomp! (There It Is)” is climbing the pop chart once more, moving from No. 12 to No. 8. Nationally it’s No. 3. Will it ever stop selling?

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Duets, Frank Sinatra (5) 2 3 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (3) 3 4 Vs., Pearl Jam (2) 4 5 janet., Janet Jackson (7) 6 6 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (26) 5 7 The One Thing, Michael Bolton (4) 7 8 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (16) 11 9 Everybody’s Else. . ., Cranberries (25) 10 10 MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs (14) 8

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (4) 1 2 Hero, Mariah Carey (2) 2 3 All for Love, Bryan Adams (1) 5 4 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (5) 4 5 What’s My Name, Snoop Doggy Dogg (6) 3 6 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (9) 6 7 Again, Janet Jackson (7) 7 8 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (3) 12 9 Keep Ya Head Up, 2Pac (11) 10 10 Getto Jam, Domino (14) 14

TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (1) 1 2 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (2) 2 3 Very Necessary, Salt-N-Pepa (3) 5 4 It’s On (Dr. Dre 187um) Killa, Eazy-E (4) 3 5 Get In Where Ya Fit in, Too Short (10) 4 6 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (6) 6 7 Old School, Old School (36) 8 8 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (7) 9 9 Midnight. . ., A Tribe Called Quest (8) 7 10 Domino, Domino (14) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 26