‘Jagged’ Big Hit

Many thought Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” was just a flash-in-the-pan after it entered The Times’ Southern California pop chart at No. 10 last week. But the young Canadian singer’s album is gathering steam, jumping to No. 5. Michael Jackson’s “HIStory” slipped to No. 2 both in Southern California and nationally, but it still heads both R&B; charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Pocahontas, soundtrack (1) 2 2 HIStory. . ., Michael Jackson (2) 1 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (3) 4 4 Operation Stackola, Luniz (20) -- 5 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (30) 10 6 Crazysexycool, TLC (4) 8 7 Batman Forever, soundtrack (5) 7 8 Mack 10, Mack 10 (38) 6 9 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (15) 5 10 Mirror Ball, Neil Young (12) 3

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 One More Chance, Notorious B.I.G. (1) 1 2 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (20) 2 3 Waterfalls, TLC (2) 4 4 Don’t Take It Personal, Monica (3) 3 5 Every Little Thing I Do, Soul IV Real (12) 5 6 Freek’N You, Jodeci (6) 10 7 Scream, Michael Jackson (4) 6 8 He’s Mine, Mokenstef (10) 16 9 Total Eclipse, Nicki French (11) 7 10 Someone To Love, Jon B. (9) 12

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 HIStory. . ., Michael Jackson (1) 1 2 Operation Stackola, Luniz (5) -- 3 Crazysexycool, TLC (2) 3 4 Mack 10, Mack 10 (11) 2 5 II, Boyz II Men (3) 4 6 Friday, soundtrack (4) 5 7 Candy Rain, Soul IV Real (10) 6 8 Me Against the World, 2Pac (7) 8 9 This Is How, Montell Jordan (6) 9 10 Brandy, Brandy (13) 7

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of July 9