Five New Albums, Led by Sade, Beatles, Claim Top Spots

In a week when the five top-selling albums in the Southland are all new entries, the region’s record buyers found the bucks to support some old favorites, including U2, whose new album stayed in the Southern California Top 10 while slipping to No. 12 nationally, and Moby, whose single “South Side” far outpaced its national showing here.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Lovers Rock, Sade (3) -- 2 1, the Beatles (1) -- 3 Sound Loaded, Ricky Martin (4) -- 4 Now That’s What I Call Music 5, various (2) -- 5 Conspiracy of One, the Offspring (9) -- 6 TP-2.com, R. Kelly (5) 1 7 Stankonia, OutKast (6) 2 8 Chocolate Starfish . . . , Limp Bizkit (7) 5 9 All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2 (12) 4 10 Dynasty Roc La Familia, Jay-Z (8) 7

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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) -- 2 Dance With Me, Debelah Morgan (3) 5 3 Come On Over Baby, Christina Aguilera (4) 1 4 Music, Madonna (7) 2 5 Gotta Tell You, Samantha Mumba (2) 3 6 He Loves U Not, Dream (5) 4 7 Bag Lady, Erykah Badu (6) 6 8 South Side, Moby (25) 11 9 Doesn’t Really Matter, Janet Jackson (15) 9 10 Incomplete, Sisqo (9) 7

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Nov. 19