Pulled Up by a Thread

Trisha Yearwood’s “Song Remembers When” is a big seller (No. 8) on The Times’ Southern California album chart partly because of another album, “Common Thread: Songs of the Eagles.” Exposure on this country-chart topper (she sings “New Kid in Town”) has beefed up her fan base. George Strait is doing something Garth Brooks used to do, with several albums in the country Top 10. Strait’s “Easy Come Easy Go” is No. 6 and his “Pure Country” is No. 10. Celine Dion’s “Power of Love” is powering its way up the pop singles chart, debuting at No. 8.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (4) 1 2 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 3 3 Vs., Pearl Jam (2) 2 4 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (19) 4 5 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (12) 9 6 MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs (15) 8 7 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (20) 5 8 janet., Janet Jackson (6) 6 9 Everybody Else Is. . ., Cranberries (21) 10 10 Diary of a Mad Band, Jodeci (8) 12

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 All for Love, Adams/Stewart/Sting (1) 2 2 Getto Jam, Domino (6) 6 3 Hero, Mariah Carey (5) 4 4 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (4) 1 5 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (7) 5 6 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (3) 3 7 So Much in Love, All-4-One (38) -- 8 Power of Love, Celine Dion (10) -- 9 Understanding, Xscape (15) 18 10 Linger, Cranberries (17) 11

TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Songs of the Eagles, Various artists (2) 1 2 Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Reba McEntire (1) 2 3 In Pieces, Garth Brooks (3) 3 4 Lot About Livin’, Alan Jackson (4) 4 5 This Time, Dwight Yoakam (6) 5 6 Easy Come Easy Go, George Strait (5) 7 7 Tell Me Why, Wynonna Judd (12) 6 8 Song Remembers. . ., Trisha Yearwood (10) 8 9 I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill (8) 10 10 Pure Country, George Strait (15) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 9