‘Lily’ Blossoms

Natalie Merchant’s “Tigerlily” album continues to sell better in the Southland than in the United States as a whole. The solo debut from the former leader of 10,000 Maniacs has spent several weeks among the Top 10 in The Times’ Southern California album chart, reaching No. 8 for the week ending Sept. 10, but it has never placed higher than No. 13 in the national chart. Merchant, whose album is No. 15 nationally this week, is scheduled to open a U.S. tour Wednesday in New Orleans. West Coast dates have not yet been confirmed.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National 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 Dreaming of You, Selena (13) 4 5 Mortal Kombat, soundtrack (10) 16 6 The Show, soundtrack (6) 5 7 Seal (94), Seal (16) 7 8 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (15) 10 9 CrazySexyCool, TLC (4) 9 10 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (5) 6

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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 Runaway, Janet Jackson (5) 6 4 Colors of..., Vanessa Williams (9) 4 5 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (4) 5 6 Kiss From a Rose, Seal (7) 8 7 Summertime..., Dove Shack (44) 9 8 Boombastic/In the..., Shaggy (3) 3 9 1st Day of Tha Month, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (10) 7 10 He’s Mine, Mokenstef (13) 10

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (1) 1 2 The Show, soundtrack (4) 2 3 CrazySexyCool, TLC (2) 4 4 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs (3) 3 5 Faith, Faith Evans (8) 8 6 History ..., Michael Jackson (6) 6 7 Conspiracy, Junior M.A.F.I.A. (5) 7 8 This Is the Shack, Doveshack (28) 9 9 Conversation, Twinz (22) 5 10 Brown Sugar, D’Angelo (17) ...

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 10