Bocelli Powers Way to Top of the Chart

The tenor is tops in Southern California. Italian singer Andrea Bocelli’s “Sogno” takes the No. 1 position on the Southern California album sales chart as last week’s bestseller, “I Am” from Nas, falls to No. 3. Two new releases made this week’s tally: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers start at No. 7 with “Echo,” while the solo debut from Mike Ness, the front man from Orange County’s Social Distortion, lands at No. 9 locally despite reaching only No. 80 on the national chart.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Sogno, Andrea Bocelli (8) 2 2 Fanmail, TLC (2) 4 3 I Am, Nas (1) 1 4 Matrix soundtrack (7) 5 5 Thug Mentality 1999, Krayzie Bone (11) 3 6 Come on Over, Shania Twain (4) 9 7 Echo, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (10) -- 8 Believe, Cher (5) 14 9 Cheating at Solitaire, Mike Ness (80) -- 10 ... Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (3) 7

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 No Scrubs, TLC (1) 2 2 I Still Believe, Mariah Carey (11) 1 3 Believe, Cher (3) 3 4 What’s It Gonna Be, Busta Rhymes (2) 4 5 Kiss Me, Sixpence None the Richer (5) 6 6 When I Close My Eyes, Shanice (12) 7 7 Somebody Like Me, Silkk the Shocker (10) 11 8 Heartbreak Hotel, Whitney Houston (9) 8 9 C’Est La Vie, B*Witched (4) 9 10 Every Morning, Sugar Ray (14) 5

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended April 18