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You Oughta Know: Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” album continues to be the surprise hit of the summer, remaining No. 2 in The Times’ Southern California album chart and No. 3 in the national chart for the second consecutive week. The 21-year-old Canadian has sold about 850,000 copies of her U.S. debut, more than 550,000 in the last four weeks, according to SoundScan. She’ll be performing Sept. 17-18 at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 2 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (2) 3 4 The Show, soundtrack (4) 5 5 Dreaming of You, Selena (9) 4 6 Seal (94), Seal (15) 7 7 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs (5) 6 8 Conversation, Twinz (36) ... 9 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (19) 10 10 CrazySexyCool, TLC (6) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (1) 1 2 You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson (2) 2 3 Colors of Wind, Vanessa Williams (6) 3 4 Boombastic/In the Summertime, Shaggy (3) 4 5 Kiss From a Rose, Seal (5) 5 6 1st of Tha Month, Bone Thugs (11) 8 7 How High, Redman & Method Man (9) 11 8 Summertime in the LBC, Dove Shack (51) 13 9 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (7) 6 10 He’s Mine, Mokenstef (12) 7

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TOP 10 LATIN ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Dreaming of You, Selena (1) 1 2 Best Of, Gipsy Kings (3) 2 3 Amor Prohibido, Selena (2) 3 4 La Carretera, Julio Iglesias (4) 4 5 El Ejemplo, Los Tigres Del Norte (9) 6 6 Por Amor A Mi Pueblo, Solis/Los Bukis (15) 5 7 Segundo Romance, Luis Miguel (7) 7 8 El Mexico Que Se Nos Fue, Juan Gabriel (16) 9 9 Mi Forma De Sentir, Pedro Fernandez (31) 10 10 La Tierra Del Olvido, Carlos Vives (5) 8

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Aug. 27