DMX Hits It Big, but Not Locally

DMX’s new album entered the national charts at No. 1 this week, but the rapper couldn’t break through top-ranked Jewel and a logjam of long-term residents on the Southern California chart, where it debuted at No. 7. The other strong showing was from the Offspring’s “Americana,” which climbed to No. 2, fueled by the radio play of “Why Don’t You Get a Job?” On the singles chart, the Spice Girls remained No. 1 in the region, while Brandy made a splashy debut with “Have You Ever.”

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) 1 Spirit, Jewel (4) 2 Americana, the Offspring (8) 3 #1’s, Mariah Carey (6) 4 ‘N Sync, ‘N Sync (3) 5 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion (5) 3 6 Romanza, Andrea Bocelli (44) 7 Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood, DMX (1) -- 8 Greatest Hits, 2Pac (11) 9 Double Live, Garth Brooks (2) 10 Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill (16) 12

Last Week 1 1 2 5 3 4 4 2 5 Celine Dion 6 6 7 DMX 8 9 9 7 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) 1 Goodbye, Spice Girls (7) 2 I’m Your Angel, R. Kelly & Celine Dion (1) 3 Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here, Deborah Cox (2) 2 4 Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (3) 5 It’s All Because of You, 98 Degrees (5) 6 Lately, Divine (6) 7 Have You Ever, Brandy (4) 8 Love Like This, Faith Evans (11) 9 Pushin’ Weight, Ice Cube (13) 10 Love Me, 112 (10)

Last Week 1 1 2 3 3 Deborah Cox 4 5 5 6 6 4 7 -- 8 8 9 7 10 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Dec. 27