Dr. Dre Tops in Local Sales

Two favorite sons fought it out at the top of the new album chart, with rapper Dr. Dre outdoing rockers Korn in Southern California--the reverse of their showing nationally. Two other artists, Kurupt and Fiona Apple, reflected their strong support in Southern California with albums that made the regional Top 10 while ranking No. 31 and No. 29 nationally, respectively.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Chronic 2001, Dr. Dre (2) -- 2 Issues, Korn (1) -- 3 Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha, Kurupt (31) -- 4 Supernatural, Santana (4) 3 5 Rainbow, Mariah Carey (7) 1 6 All the Way . . . , Celine Dion (3) -- 7 The Battle of Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine (11) 2 8 Willennium, Will Smith (5) -- 9 When the Pawn . . . , Fiona Apple (29) 4 10 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (6) 9

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 I Wanna Love You Forever, Jessica Simpson (1) 1 2 Need to Know, Marc Anthony (6) 3 3 Smooth, Santana (2) 2 4 Stay the Night, IMX (9) 4 5 You Can Do It, Ice Cube (22) -- 6 I Want It All, Warren G (17) 6 7 Don’t Say You Love Me, M2M (7) 5 8 Get Gone, Ideal (13) 7 9 Girl on TV, LFO (3) 8 10 4 5 6, Sole (10) 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Nov. 14