‘Lion’ Vs. ‘Lounge’

The Rolling Stones can’t be too pleased about being beaten out by the soundtrack of a cartoon--”The Lion King”--in their first week on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart. And what may be more aggravating to the rock veterans is that their “Voodoo Lounge” album, which debuted at No. 2, may never chase “Lion King” out of its perch at the top. “Lion King” seems ready to reign for at least another few weeks--when “Voodoo” is at its sales peak. In fact, don’t be surprised if another hot soundtrack--third-ranked “Forrest Gump”--slips past the Stones’ album.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 The Lion King, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Voodoo Lounge, Rolling Stones (2) ... 3 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (7) 11 4 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (4) 2 5 Smash, Offspring (20) 5 6 August and. . .After, Counting Crows (5) 6 7 The Sign, Ace of Base (3) 4 8 Regulate. . .G-Funk Era, Warren G. (6) 3 9 Superunknown, Soundgarden (8) 7 10 Chant, Benedictine Monks (12) 8

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (1) 1 2 Stay, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories (4) 4 3 Funkdafied, Da Brat (5) 3 4 I Swear, All-4-One (2) 2 5 Regulate, Warren G. and Nate Dogg (3) 5 6 Can You Feel the Love. . ., Elton John (6) 8 7 Back and Forth, Aaliyah (7) 6 8 Any Time, Any Place, Janet Jackson (8) 7 9 Back in the Day, Ahmad (17) 9 10 Don’t Turn Around, Ace of Base (12) 10

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Regulate. . .G-Funk Era, Warren G. (1) 1 2 Age Ain’t Nothing But. . ., Aaliyah (7) 4 3 Funkdafied, Da Brat (4) 2 4 All-4-One, All-4-One (2) 3 5 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (9) 6 6 Ill Communication, Beastie Boys (8) 5 7 Same as It Ever Was, House of Pain (6) 8 8 Get Up on It, Keith Sweat (3) 7 9 Janet, Janet Jackson (15) ... 10 Music Box, Mariah Carey (10) ...

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending July 17