Spirited Debut

Willie Nelson’s “Spirit” debuts at No. 10 on the local country chart and No. 20 on the national country chart. Metallica, all set to headline the Lollapalooza tour this summer, tops the album charts for the second week in a row. The group’s “Load” is No. 1 on The Times Southern California chart and the national chart. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Tha Crossroads” sits atop the national and local singles charts for the seventh consecutive week.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Load, Metallica (1) 1 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 3 3 Gettin’ It (Album Number Ten), Too Short (10) 2 4 The Score, Fugees (2) 4 5 New Beginning, Tracy Chapman (5) 9 6 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (4) 7 7 The Nutty Professor, soundtrack (11) 5 8 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (16) 11 9 Down On the Upside, Soundgarden (12) 6 10 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (7) 13

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1) 1 2 You’re Makin’ Me High, Toni Braxton (2) 2 3 How Do U Want It, 2Pac (3) 3 4 Theme From “Mission: Impossible,” Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton (4) 4 5 Delinquent Habits, Tres Delinquent (22) 6 6 You’re the One, SWV (9) 5 7 Why I Love You So Much, Monica (6) 9 8 Fastlove, George Michael (12) 7 9 All the Way Live, Coolio (20) 10 10 Touch Me, Tease Me, Case (8) 8

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Woman in Me, Shania Twain (1) 1 2 Borderline, Brooks & Dunn (2) 3 3 Blue Clear Sky, George Strait (3) 4 4 High Lonesome Sound, Vince Gill (4) 2 5 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (10) 7 6 Hits, Garth Brooks (9) 6 7 Greatest Hits. . . , Alan Jackson (6) 5 8 Music for All Occasions, the Mavericks (23) 8 9 Time Marches On, Tracy Lawrence (5) 9 10 Spirit, Willie Nelson (20) ...

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending June 16