‘Astro’ Zooms

White Zombie’s “Astro Creep: 2000,” which has really caught on in hard-rock circles, continues to pummel the opposition, topping both The Times’ Southern California and the national hard-rock chart. It’s selling well enough to make a significant mark on the pop charts too, landing at No. 12 on the Southern California chart and No. 14 nationally. Michael Jackson, of course, was the big seller, with his “HIStory” debuting on both pop album charts at No. 1--as well as both R&B; album charts. But after that initial first two-week splash, his “Scream” single, which many figured would be No. 1 for many weeks, slipped to No. 4 on both charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 HIStory Past and Present, Michael Jackson (1) -- 2 Pocahontas, soundtrack (2) 1 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (3) 2 4 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (13) -- 5 Batman Forever, soundtrack (5) 4 6 Crazysexycool, TLC (4) 5 7 Mack 10, Mack 10 (44) -- 8 Pulse, Pink Floyd (7) 3 9 Friday, soundtrack (15) 6 10 Throwing Copper, Live (6) 7

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Don’t Take It Personal, Monica (2) 2 2 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (25) 4 3 One More Chance, Notorious B.I.G. (1) 3 4 Scream, Michael Jackson (4) 1 5 Waterfalls, TLC (3) 7 6 Total Eclipse, Nicki French (6) 6 7 Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams (7) 5 8 Freek’N You (Part 1), Jodeci (9) 8 9 I’ll Be There for You, Method Man (5) 9 10 Every Little Thing I Do, Soul IV Real (14) 11

TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Astro Creep: 2000, White Zombie (1) 2 2 Sixteen Stone, Bush (2) 1 3 Dookie, Green Day (4) 5 4 Tales From the Punch Bowl, Primus (3) 4 5 About Time, Pennywise (25) 3 6 Smash, Offspring (5) 6 7 Live Through This, Hole (11) 7 8 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys (14) 8 9 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (6) 9 10 Rotting Pinata, Sponge (12) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of June 25