The Cure Finds L.A. a Gothic Paradise
They call it sunny California, but the Los Angeles area remains one of the nation’s strongholds of gothic rock--witness the new album from English veterans the Cure, which entered the sales chart at a modest No. 16 nationally while ranking a hearty No. 4 in Southern California.
TOP 10 ALBUMS
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Supernatural, Santana (1) 1 2 Dr. Dre 2001, Dr. Dre (2) 2 3 Snoop Dogg Pres. Tha Eastsidaz, Snoop Dogg/Eastsidaz (21) 3 4 Bloodflowers, the Cure (16) -- 5 Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera (5) 5 6 All the Way--A Decade of Song, Celine Dion (3) 6 7 Voodoo, D’Angelo (6) 4 8 On How Life Is, Macy Gray (11) 8 9 Europop, Eiffel 65 (4) 7 10 2000 Grammy Pop Nominees, various (15) 9
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Thank God I Found You, Mariah Carey (2) 1 2 From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears (1) 4 3 Maria Maria, Santana (3) 2 4 There You Go, Pink (10) -- 5 Get It On Tonite, Montell Jordan (8) 3 6 All the Small Things, Blink-182 (7) 5 7 Hot Boyz, Missy Elliott (4) 7 8 Breathe, Faith Hill (6) 14 9 It Feels So Good, Sonique (11) 9 10 Another Dumb Blonde, Hoku (12) 10
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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Feb. 20
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