Rimes With ‘Blue’

LeAnn Rimes might not be a familiar name now, but the 14-year-old country music sensation may be a future force to be reckoned with. “Blue,” her major-label debut, entered at No. 4 on The Times’ Southern California charts and the national sales charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 It Was Written, Nas (1) 1 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (2) 3 3 Secrets, Toni Braxton (6) 2 4 Blue, LeAnn Rimes (4) -- 5 Load, Metallica (3) 4 6 Phenomenon, soundtrack (13) 15 7 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (11) 6 8 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (7) 9 9 The Score, Fugees (5) 7 10 The Nutty Professor (12) 5

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 How Do U Want It, 2Pac (1) 1 2 Twisted, Keith Sweat (4) 3 3 Makin’ Me High, Toni Braxton (2) 2 4 Loungin, LL Cool J (7) 4 5 Why I Love You So, Monica (12) 5 6 I Can’t Sleep, Baby (If I), R. Kelly (6) 8 7 Change the World, Eric Clapton (14) 14 8 Someday, All-4-One (19) -- 9 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio (3) 7 10 Only You, 112 (11) 11

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COUNTRY ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Blue, LeAnn Rimes (1) -- 2 Road to Ensenada, L. Lovett (6) 1 3 Woman in Me, Shania Twain (2) 2 4 Borderline, Brooks & Dunn (4) 3 5 Blue Clear Sky, George Strait (3) 5 6 The Hits, Garth Brooks (12) 4 7 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (13) 6 8 Greatest Hits Alan Jackson (7) 7 9 High Lonesome Sound, Vince Gill (11) 8 10 Time Marches On, Tracy Lawrence (5) 9

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Source: SoundScan, for week ending July 14