Santana’s Still Tops, but Sisqo’s Gaining

Santana’s “Supernatural” is still tops with Southern California album buyers, but Dru Hill alumnus Sisqo and his solo debut disc, “Unleash the Dragon,” are climbing fast. The 22-year-old singer’s album moves up three notches to No. 3 this week. Nationally, “Unleash the Dragon” sits at No. 2 on the album charts, but he was denied that spot here by longtime local star Dr. Dre, whose “Dr. Dre 2001” has been strong and steady in sales. Some other home-grown rap heroes, Snoop Dogg and the Eastsidaz of Long Beach, climb back into the Top 10 this week as well.

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 (3) 3 3 Unleash the Dragon, Sisqo (2) 6 4 BTNHResurrection, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (5) 2 5 On How Life Is, Macy Gray (4) 5 6 Two Against Nature, Steely Dan (19) 4 7 Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera (10) 7 8 Writing’s on the Wall, Destiny’s Child (7) 8 9 Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz, Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz (39) 13 10 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (15) 14

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Say My Name, Destiny’s Child (2) 1 2 There You Go, Pink (3) 2 3 Maria Maria, Santana (1) 3 4 Get It On Tonite, Montell Jordan (5) 4 5 From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears (8) 5 6 Breathe, Faith Hill (6) 6 7 I Learned From the Best, Whitney Houston (11) 13 8 U Don’t Love Me, Kumbia Kings (17) 12 9 I Like It, Sammie (7) 14 10 Another Dumb Blonde, Hoku (9) 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended March 19