No. 1 Album Is Strictly Local

You won’t find Southern California’s top-selling album last week anywhere on the Billboard sales chart. Under the magazine’s policy, “Santa’s Swingin’ Sack,” a charity compilation put together by KROQ-FM’s Kevin & Bean, doesn’t qualify for the chart because it’s sold through only one retailer. The album, which features such acts as Blink 182 and Save Ferris, sold about 41,000 copies, which would have placed it No. 55 on last week’s list.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Santa’s Swingin’ Sack, Kevin & Bean(--) -- 2 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (2) 1 3 Spirit, Jewel (4) 4 4 #1’s, Mariah Carey (7) 5 5 Double Live, Garth Brooks (1) 2 6 Americana, the Offspring (11) 8 7 Greatest Hits, 2Pac (6) 2 8 Romanza, Andrea Bocelli (35) 14 9 ‘N Sync, ‘N Sync (3) 10 10 Home for Christmas, ‘N Sync (9) 13

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 I’m Your Angel, R. Kelly & Celine Dion (1) 1 2 Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here, Deborah Cox (2) 3 3 Lately, Divine(3) 2 4 Pushin’ Weight, Ice Cube(13) 4 5 It’s All Because of You, 98 Degrees(4) 6 6 Love Like This, Faith Evans(9) 7 7 Love Me, 112(8) 5 8 Baby One More Time, Britney Spears(5) 12 9 Trippin’, Total(7) 8 10 Westside, TQ(17) 8

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Nov. 29