‘Baby’ Arrives
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Brandy, the 16-year-old R&B; singer from Carson, has done something few artists--veterans or otherwise--have done: enter the Times’ Southern California pop singles chart at No. 1. Her “Baby” stormed past the competition into the top spot in its first week. It’s also No. 1 on the national pop singles chart.
TOP 10 ALBUMS
Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Balance, Van Halen (1) ... 2 Dookie, Green Day (3) 1 3 Cocktales, Too Short (6) ... 4 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 3 5 The Hits, Garth Brooks (2) 2 6 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (7) 4 7 II, Boyz II Men (5) 5 8 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (9) 6 9 Crazysexycool, TLC (8) 7 10 Throwing Copper, Live (16) 11
TOP 10 SINGLES
Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Baby, Brandy (1) ... 2 Creep, TLC (2) 1 3 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (9) 2 4 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (54) 3 5 Take a Bow, Madonna (8) 4 6 I Miss You, N II U, (18) 9 7 Constantly, Immature (10) 7 8 Another Night, Real McCoy (3) 8 9 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (5) 5 10 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (7) 6
TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS
Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Too Short, Cocktales (1) ... 2 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (3) 1 3 Creepin..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (2) 2 4 Nineteen Ninety Quad, 69 Boyz (7) 5 5 Ready to Die, Notorious Big (5) 4 6 The Diary, Scarface (4) 3 7 Explicit Game, Dru Down (42) 6 8 Tical, Method Man (6) 7 9 ... The G-Funk Era, Warren G. (8) 8 10 Do You Want More?!, Roots (14) ...
Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Jan. 29
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