McGraw’s Country Hits a Tough Sell Locally
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be country singers--not if you want them to sell records in Southern California anyway. Tim McGraw is royalty in Nashville, and his new greatest-hits collection entered the national chart at No. 4, but he’s an afterthought to album buyers in these parts, where the compilation came in at No. 16.
TOP 10 ALBUMS
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Black & Blue, Backstreet Boys (1) -- 2 1, the Beatles (2) 2 3 Lovers Rock, Sade (6) 1 4 W, Wu-Tang Clan (5) -- 5 Now That’s What I Call Music 5, various (3) 4 6 Mama’s Gun, Erykah Badu (11) -- 7 Stankonia, OutKast (8) 7 8 Sound Loaded, Ricky Martin (10) 3 9 Chocolate Starfish . . . , Limp Bizkit (9) 8 10 TP-2.com, R. Kelly (7) 6
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Case of the Ex, Mya (1) 1 2 He Loves U Not, Dream (4) 6 3 Gotta Tell You, Samantha Mumba (2) 5 4 Dance With Me, Debelah Morgan (3) 2 5 Come On Over Baby, Christina Aguilera (5) 3 6 Music, Madonna (10) 4 7 Baby If You’re Ready, Snoop Dogg Pres. Doggys Angels (20) 11 8 Bag Lady, Erykah Badu (7) 7 9 So in Love With Two, Mikaila (9) 16 10 South Side, Moby (24) 8
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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Nov. 26
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