Bush Makes the Cut

Bush’s “Razorblade Suitcase,” the second album by the English rock band led by Gavin Rossdale, debuted atop the national sales chart--but was unable to displace Snoop Doggy Dogg’s “Tha Doggfather” from the No.1 slot on The Times’ Southern California chart. Meanwhile, the new album by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince debuted far behind. Despite a media blitz that ranged from a live simultaneous concert broadcast on MTV, VH1 and BET to an hour of talk and music on “Oprah,” the Artist was only able to generate enough sales for the three-disc “Emancipation” to squeak his way into the local Top 10.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Tha Doggfather, Snoop Doggy Dogg (2) 1 2 Razorblade Suitcase, Bush (1) -- 3 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (3) 3 4 The Don Killuminati, Makaveli (4) 2 5 Romeo + Juliet, soundtrack (12) 8 6 Bow Down, Westside Connection (30) 5 7 The Moment, Kenny G (9) 9 8 Secrets, Toni Braxton (10) 10 9 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (5) 7 10 Emancipation, The Artist (Prince) (11) --

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Nobody, Keith Sweat (3) 4 2 No Diggity, Blackstreet (1) 2 3 Pony, Ginuwine (4) 3 4 Never Leave Me Alone, Nate Dogg (23) 1 5 Unbreak My Heart, Toni Braxton (2) 5 6 Don’t Let Go (Love), En Vogue (6) 6 7 I’m Still in Love . . ., New Edition (8) 7 8 I Finally Found Someone, Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams (7) 10 9 Wheelz of Steel, Outkast (33) -- 10 Bow Down, Westside Conection (24) 9

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 What If It’s You, Reba McEntire (3) 1 2 Blue, LeAnn Rimes (2) 3 3 Everything I Love, Alan Jackson (1) 2 4 Greatest Hits, Clint Black (5) 4 5 Did I Shave My Legs . . ., Deana Carter (4) 5 6 Borderline, Brooks & Dunn (7) 10 7 The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (8) 7 8 My Place in . . ., Mary C. Carpenter (10) 6 9 Blue Clear Sky, George Strait (6) 8 10 Just the Same, Terri Clark (11) --

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Source: SoundScan, for week ending Nov. 24