Country Makes a Rare Chart Appearance
The Southern California sales charts don’t cotton much to country music, so this week’s Top 10 singles list contains a rare phenomenon--hits by not one but two country acts.
Faith Hill’s “Breathe” and the Dixie Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl” are both strong nationally as well.
On the album chart, the norten~o anthology “Guerra de Estados Pesados” shows that its surprise appearance last week was no fluke, moving up from No. 9 to No. 4 in the region.
TOP 10 ALBUMS
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 No Strings Attached, ‘N Sync (1) 2 2 Return of Saturn, No Doubt (7) 1 3 My Name Is Joe, Joe (2) -- 4 Guerra de Estados Pesados, various (122) 9 5 Supernatural, Santana (4) 3 6 Unleash the Dragon, Sisqo (3) 7 7 Writing’s on the Wall, Destiny’s Child (5) 10 8 Romeo Must Die, various artists (14) 4 9 Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera (6) 12 10 Dr. Dre 2001, Dr. Dre (11) 8
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 He Wasn’t Man Enough, Toni Braxton (1) 1 2 Maria Maria, Santana (2) 4 3 This Time Around, Hanson (3) 3 4 Breathe, Faith Hill (4) 2 5 Swear It Again, Westlife (14) 6 6 From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears (7) 5 7 Goodbye Earl, Dixie Chicks (6) 10 8 Shackles (Praise You), Mary Mary (12) 10 9 I Like It, Sammie (11) 9 10 Mirror Mirror, M2M (10) 15
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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended April 23
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