Hitting It Off

Like KISS, R&B; supergroup New Edition refuses to die. The band, whose members included such future solo stars as Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and the trio Bell Biv DeVoe, has reunited for a new album. The first single from the album, “Hit Me Off,” gets them off to a good start, selling 123,000 copies to enter both The Times’ Southern California chart and the national sales charts at No. 2. Alanis Morissette’s debut album, “Jagged Little Pill,” sold another 120,000 copies, maintaining her No. 1 position on both charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (1) 3 2 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (5) 5 3 Beats, Rhymes, and Life, A Tribe Called Quest (14) 2 4 It Was Written, Nas (3) 4 5 Sublime, Sublime (71) 6 6 Secrets, Toni Braxton (7) 3 7 Unreleased & Revamped, Cypress Hill (21) -- 8 Keith Sweat, Keith Sweat (13) 11 9 311, 311 (15) 20 10 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (2) 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Twisted, Keith Sweat (4) 1 2 Hit Me Off, New Edition (2) -- 3 Loungin’, LL Cool J (3) 2 4 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los del Rio (1) 3 5 Only You, 112 (12) 5 6 I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis (10) 8 7 How Do U Want It, 2Pac (7) 4 8 Elevators, Outkast (9) 7 9 Change the World, Eric Clapton (11) 11 10 It’s All Coming Back to Me Now, Celine Dion (13) 6

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TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Blue, LeAnn Rimes (1) 1 2 The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (2) 2 3 Road to Ensenada, Lyle Lovett (11) 3 4 Blue Clear Sky, George Strait (3) 5 5 Ten Thousand Angels, Mindy McCready (5) 7 6 Borderline, Brooks & Dunn (4) 4 7 The Hits, Garth Brooks (12) 6 8 Living in a Moment, Ty Herndon (8) 8 9 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (7) 8 10 Greatest Hits, Alan Jackson (8) 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Aug. 18