Up to ‘Code’

There’s no doubt about it--Pearl Jam is still very much “Alive.” Whether or not they’re well is the main question in the minds of some music industry pundits.The group’s latest LP, “No Code,” entered both the national sales charts and The Times’ Southern California chart at No.1, which was expected. This time around, the group sold 367,000 copies according to SoundScan, which would be impressive if the band hadn’t had first-week sales of 950,000 for 1993’s record-breaking “Vs.” and 877,000 for 1994’s “Vitology.” Meanhwhile, Atlanta rap duo Outkast makes the week’s second highest debut on the national charts with “Atliens,” selling 230,000 copies for a No.2 position on both the local and national sales charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 No Code, Pearl Jam (1) -- 2 Atliens, Outkast (2) -- 3 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (4) 2 4 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (5) 3 5 House Nation, R. “Humpty” Vission (--) -- 6 Sublime, Sublime (66) 4 7 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (3) 5 8 311, 311 (13) 7 9 Secrets, Toni Braxton (8) 6 10 Nada Es Igual, Luis Miguel (67) 1

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Macarena, Los Del Rio (B. Boys Mix) (1) 1 2 Twisted, Keith Sweat (3) 2 3 Loungin’, LL Cool J (2) 3 4 Hit Me Off, New Edition (5) 4 5 Only You, 112(9) 5 6 I Love You Always. . . , Donna Lewis (6) 6 7 How Do U Want It, 2Pac (11) 7 8 It’s All Coming Back..., Celine Dion (7) 9 9 Change the World, Eric Clapton (13) 10 10 Last Night, Az Yet (16) 16

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TOP RAP ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Atliens, Outkast (1) -- 2 The Score, Fugees (3) 3 3 It Was Written, Nas (2) 2 4 Beats, Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest (6) 1 5 E. 1999, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (4) 5 6 Unreleased&Revamped;, Cypress Hill (7) 4 7 Gettin It (Album No. 10), Too Short (17) 7 8 All Eyez on Me, 2Pac (14) 6 9 Mr. Smith, LL Cool J (9) 8 10 Volume 2, Jock Jams (5) --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 1