‘West’ Is Best on Singles Charts

The only real ripple on the charts this week is more of a splash--Will Smith’s title song from the “Wild Wild West” soundtrack entered both the Southern California and national singles rankings at No. 1. The only arrival in the local album chart is actually a return--Jennifer Lopez’s debut, No. 14 nationally, moved back up to No. 10 in Southern California.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Significant Other, Limp Bizkit (1) 1 2 Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin (3) 2 3 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (2) 3 4 Wild Wild West, soundtrack (5) 4 5 Tarzan, soundtrack (6) 5 6 Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (4) 9 7 Austin Powers, soundtrack (8) 6 8 Enema of the State, Blink-182 (20) 8 9 Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers (9) 7 10 On the 6, Jennifer Lopez (14) 16

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Wild Wild West, Will Smith (1) -- 2 Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera (2) 1 3 Bills Bills Bills, Destiny’s Child (3) 2 4 Last Kiss, Pearl Jam (4) 3 5 No Pigeons, Sporty Thievz (5) 5 6 Fortunate, Maxwell (12) 6 7 Jamboree, Naughty by Nature (8) 10 8 If You Had My Love, Jennifer Lopez (6) 4 9 Hardest Thing, 98 Degrees (10) 7 10 It’s Not Right but It’s OK, Whitney Houston (7) 8

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended July 11