No More Doubt

Madonna’s “Evita” soundtrack has finally broken the stranglehold of No Doubt’s “Tragic Kingdom” on the top spot of The Times’ Southern California album sales chart. Meanwhile, soundtracks continue to do well, with “Romeo & Juliet” and “The Preacher’s Wife” both continuing to rank in the Top 10 among all albums and “Rhyme & Reason” breaking into the rap Top 10. Moving up: The Wallflowers’ “Bringing Down the Horse,” which is No. 11 on the Southern California album chart and No. 17 nationally.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Evita, soundtrack (2) 2 2 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (1) 1 3 Secrets, Toni Braxton (6) 4 4 Romeo & Juliet, soundtrack (3) 3 5 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (4) 7 6 Sublime, Sublime (25) 5 7 Keith Sweat, Keith Sweat (17) 6 8 Don Killuminati, 2Pac (9) 10 9 The Preacher’s Wife, soundtrack (8) 9 10 Bow Down, Westside Connection (42) --

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Can’t Nobody. . . , Puff Daddy (5) 6 2 Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton (3) 2 3 Nobody, Keith Sweat (7) 1 4 I Believe I Can Fly, R. Kelly (1) 4 5 Don’t Let Go (Love), En Vogue (6) 3 6 Wannabe, Spice Girls (2) 10 7 Nuthin’ but the Cavi Hit, Mack 10/Tha Dogg Pound (25) 5 8 Cold Rock a Party, MC Lyte (8) 9 9 On & On, Erykah Badu (9) 7 10 I Believe . . ., Whitney Houston (4) 8

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TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Don Killuminati, 2Pac (1) 1 2 Bow Down, Westside Connection (6) 3 3 Rhyme & Reason, soundtrack (2) -- 4 Tha Doggfather, Snoop Doggy Dogg (4) 2 5 Death Row’s Hits, various (8) 4 6 Power 106 Anniversary, various (63) -- 7 Muddy Waters, Redman (5) -- 8 All Eyez on Me, 2Pac (12) 6 9 Hard Core, Lil’ Kim (7) 8 10 Tha Hall of Game, E-40 (17) 5

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Source: SoundScan, for week ending Jan. 26