Big Men on Chart

Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” has to be the year’s fastest- rising single, debuting at No. 1 on The Times’ Southern California pop chart and rocketing to No. 2 on the national pop chart in just two weeks--a rare achievement. The R&B; vocal group is bound to recover some of the sizzle it lost when its Christmas album, which ultimately logged decent sales, started slowly on the pop charts last fall. The instant success of this single should silence any chatter about a Boyz II Men decline.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Lion King, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (2) 2 3 August...After, Counting Crows (6) 4 4 Smash, Offspring (11) 5 5 The Sign, Ace of Base (3) 6 6 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (5) 3 7 Voodoo Lounge, Rolling Stones (7) 7 8 Regulate...G-Funk Era, Warren G. (4) 10 9 Superunknown, Soundgarden (8) 8 10 Dookie, Green Day (13) 14

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (2) -- 2 Stay, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories (3) 1 3 Funkdafied, Da Brat (4) 2 4 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (1) 3 5 When Can I See You, Babyface (11) 5 6 I Swear, All-4-One (5) 4 7 This D.J., Warren G. (7) 7 8 Bop Gun, Ice Cube (32) 6 9 I Miss You, Aaron Hall (10) 8 10 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (8) 15

TOP 10 LATIN ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gracias Por Esperar, Juan Gabriel (8) 2 2 Mi Tierra, Gloria Estefan (1) 1 3 Recordando a los..., V. Fernandez (14) 3 4 Donde Jugaran Los Ninos, Mana (9) 4 5 El Piano De America, Raul Di Blasio (3) 5 6 Love & Liberte, Gipsy Kings (5) 5 7 Romance, Luis Miguel (12) 8 8 Gipsy Kings, Gipsy Kings (11) 7 9 Amor Prohibido, Selena (2) 10 10 Carino de mis Carinos, Lucero (22) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Aug. 7