The Charts : Tis the Season

Holiday albums by Kenny G and Mariah Carey remain prominent in The Times’ Southern California Top 10 this week, while Ice Cube tops the rap album list. On the singles’ chart, “Tootsee Roll” by 69 Boyz displaced Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes the Hotstepper.”

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Miracles, Holiday Album, Kenny G (2) 1 2 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (3) 2 3 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles, (5) 3 4 Hits, Garth Brooks, (1) 6 5 II, Boyz II Men (4) 5 6 Dookie, Green Day (7) 8 7 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (6) 4 8 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (8) 10 9 Live at the BBC, Beatles (10) 7 10 Smash, Offspring (9) 11

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 2 The Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (3) 1 3 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (2) 4 4 Creep, TLC (1) 3 5 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (7) 6 6 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (8) 5 7 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (30) 8 8 Another Night, Real McCoy (4) 7 9 Constantly, Immature (11) 9 10 Always, Bon Jovi (5) 12

TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (4) 1 2 Creepin On, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (2) 2 3 Regulate ... , Warren G. (1) 3 4 Diary, Scarface (3) 4 5 Nineteen Ninety Quad, 69 Boyz (7) 5 6 Ill Communication, Beastie Boys (11) 9 7 Very Necessary, Salt-n-Pepa (5) 7 8 Ready to Die, Notorious Big (10) 10 9 Doggy Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg (13) ... 10 Street Fighter, soundtrack (20) 8

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Dec. 25.