One Sweet Week

Mariah Carey’s name pops up all over the charts this week. The pop singer’s “Daydream” album is No. 2 on The Times’ Southern California album chart and tops the national R&B; chart. Two songs from the album, “One Sweet Day” and “Fantasy,” are among the nation’s Top 10 singles, and her year-old “Merry Christmas” album has jumped back onto the local R&B; album chart. Meanwhile, Mannheim Steamroller continues a holiday tradition with its “Christmas in the Aire” album, which is No. 5 on the local album chart and No. 4 on the national chart. Its previous two Christmas albums have each sold 5 million copies.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Beatles Anthology 1, Beatles (1) 1 2 Daydream, Mariah Carey (3) 3 3 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (5) 4 4 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (2) 2 5 Christmas in the Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (4) 7 6 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (6) 8 7 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (19) 6 8 Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins (10) 10 9 Something to Remember, Madonna (15) 9 10 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (7) 12

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Hey Lover, LL Cool J (3) 2 3 Exhale, Whitney Houston (2) 3 4 Set U Free, Planet Soul (36) 4 5 Beware of My Crew, L.B.C. Crew (99) ... 6 You’ll See, Madonna (6) 7 7 You Remind Me ... , R. Kelly (5) 9 8 Fantasy, Mariah Carey (9) 5 9 Ridin’ Low, L.A.D. (66) 10 10 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (4) 6

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Daydream, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (2) 2 3 Holiday Album, Kenny G (...) 5 4 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (7) 3 5 R. Kelly, R. Kelly (3) 4 6 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (...) ... 7 Mr. Smith, LL Cool J (10) 6 8 Eternal E, Eazy-E (23) ... 9 Design of a Decade, Janet Jackson (6) 7 10 CrazySexyCool, TLC (4) ...

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 3