Mary J. Blige Is Still a Queen of Sales

Mary J. Blige’s fifth album does nothing to threaten her reign as the queen of hip-hop soul. The collection entered the Southern California sales chart at No. 1, and nationally at No. 2. On the singles chart, TLC is back in the picture, while Enrique Iglesias remains No. 1 in the Southland for the second week.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Mary, Mary J. Blige (2) -- 2 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (1) 1 3 Supernatural, Santana (10) 3 4 Significant Other, Limp Bizkit (4) 2 5 Baby, One More Time, Britney Spears (5) 5 6 Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin (7) 4 7 Now That’s What I Call Music--Vol. 2, various artists (6) 9 8 Murda Muzik, Mobb Deep (3) -- 9 Enema of the State, Blink-182 (22) 6 10 Astro Lounge, Smash Mouth (11) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Bailamos, Enrique Iglesias (2) 1 2 Summer Girls, LFO (1) 3 3 Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera (4) 2 4 Unpretty, TLC (3) -- 5 Jamboree, Naughty by Nature (6) 4 6 Smooth, Santana (5) 7 7 Jigga My N----, Jay-Z (11) -- 8 It’s All About You, Tracie Spencer (7) 6 9 Tell Me It’s Real, K-Ci and JoJo (14) 5 10 I’ll Be Your Everything, Youngstown (12)

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Aug. 22