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POP/ROCK - March 21, 1996

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On the Charts: Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You,” which includes the No. 1 single “Because You Loved Me,” sold about 193,000 copies during its first week in stores to debut at No. 2 on the national album sales chart, according to SoundScan. Sting’s “Mercury Falling” sold 110,000 copies to debut at No. 5. Remaining at No. 1 for the third consecutive week was Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” (233,000 copies sold). . . . Meanwhile, a Capitol Records spokesman said that a canvass of the label’s major national accounts showed that the Beatles’ two-disc “Anthology 2” album sold more then 200,000 copies on Tuesday, its first day in stores. The album is expected to debut at No. 1 next week.

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