One Hot Week

It took only a little more than one hot minute for the Red Hot Chili Peppers to reach No. 1 in The Times’ Southern California album chart. “One Hot Minute”--the latest from Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith and newcomer Dave Navarro--debuted at the top of the local chart, selling 138,000 copies during its first week in stores. Also making an impressive debut was Lenny Kravitz’s “Circus,” which sold 63,000 copies. Among singles, Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” sold 230,000 copies, making the pop singer the first female artist to debut at No. 1 in the national singles chart. Her “Daydream” album will be released Oct. 3.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 One Hot Minute, the Red Hot Chili Peppers (4) -- 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 2 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (1) 3 4 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (2) 1 5 Circus, Lenny Kravitz (10) -- 6 Mortal Kombat, soundtrack (12) 5 7 Dreaming of You, Selena (15) 4 8 CrazySexyCool, TLC (5) 9 9 Frogstomp, Silverchair (9) 11 10 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (16) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Fantasy, Mariah Carey (1) -- 2 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (2) 1 3 You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson (3) 2 4 Runaway, Janet Jackson (4) 3 5 Summertime in the LBC, Dove Shack (43) 7 6 Colors of Wind, Vanessa Williams (13) 4 7 Kiss From a Rose, Seal (8) 6 8 I Hate U, Prince (9) -- 9 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (5) 5 10 1st Day of Tha Month, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (11) 9

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TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 One Hot Minute, the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1) -- 2 Frogstomp, Silverchair (1) 1 3 Sixteen Stone, Bush (4) 2 4 . . .And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid (5) 4 5 Astro Creep: 2000, White Zombie (3) 3 6 Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters (4) 5 7 Dookie, Green Day (7) 6 8 A Boy Named Goo, Goo Goo Dolls (9) 10 9 Live Through This, Hole (12) 7 10 These Days, Bon Jovi (6) --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 17