Locally, Sade and Lopez Show Resiliency

Southern California record buyers are sticking with Sade longer than the rest of the nation, keeping her 2 million-selling “Lovers Rock” firmly in the Top 10 as it drifts to No. 13 overall. Another woman, Jennifer Lopez, bucked the national tide that made Shaggy No. 1, hanging on to the top spot in the Southland.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 J.Lo, Jennifer Lopez (2) 1 2 1, the Beatles (4) 2 3 Hotshot, Shaggy (1) 4 4 Save the Last Dance soundtrack, various (3) 3 5 Lovers Rock, Sade (13) 6 6 Tha Last Meal, Snoop Dogg (18) 8 7 No Angel, Dido (6) 9 8 Greatest Hits, Lenny Kravitz (11) 10 9 It Was All a Dream, Dream (9) 7 10 Restless, Xzibit (31) 11

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Ms. Jackson/B.O.B., OutKast (2) 3 2 Stutter, Joe (1) 1 3 Don’t Tell Me, Madonna (3) 2 4 Stronger, Britney Spears (5) 5 5 Liquid Dreams, O-Town (4) 4 6 So in Love with Two, Mikaila (10) 6 7 Could It Be, Jaheim (7) 13 8 South Side, Moby (9) 7 9 Soul Sista, Bilal (8) 8 10 I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack (6) 11

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Feb. 3