Rage Against the Machine and Carey Sweep Rappers Aside--for the Moment

The flood of fall releases is sweeping some deadwood out of the sales charts, with two L.A. acts, Rage Against the Machine and Counting Crows, among the six new arrivals in the national and Southern California Top 10. The most visible victim at the moment is rap. The genre that has dominated sales recently is represented by just one artist, New Orleans’ Lil Wayne. But expect a resurgence next month, when new records are due from DMX, Jay-Z, the late Notorious B.I.G., Cypress Hill and others.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Battle of Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine (1) -- 2 Rainbow, Mariah Carey (2) -- 3 Supernatural, Santana (5) 1 4 There Is Nothing Left to Lose, Foo Fighters (10) -- 5 Vol. 4--WWF Music, Jim Johnston (4) -- 6 This Desert Life, Counting Crows (8) -- 7 Significant Other, Limp Bizkit (12) 5 8 Tha Block Is Hot, Lil Wayne (3) -- 9 Little Bit of Mambo, Lou Bega (9) 4 10 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (6) 7

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 I Want It All, Warren G (7) 2 2 Smooth, Santana (1) 1 3 I Wanna Love You Forever, Jessica Simpson (2) 5 4 I Need to Know, Marc Anthony (6) 3 5 Stay the Night, IMX (12) 7 6 4 5 6, Sole (15) 13 Jessica Simpson (2) 5 7 Heartbreaker, Mariah Carey (8) 6 8 15 Minutes, Marc Nelson (17) 17 Jessica Simpson (2) 5 9 Get Gone, Ideal (10) 11 10 Don’t Say You Love Me, M2M (11) 19 --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Nov. 7