Female Artists Come on Strong

Don’t look now, but Madonna is flexing her muscles as a media synergist again. No sooner did the singer announce her September concerts at Staples Center than her new single, “What It Feels Like for a Girl,” shot to No. 1 on the Southern California sales chart. Female artists also made their mark on the album chart, accounting for all three debuts in the Top 10.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Survivor, Destiny’s Child (1) -- 2 All for You, Janet Jackson (2) 1 3 Popstars, Eden’s Crush (6) -- 4 Now . . . Vol. 6, various (3) 2 5 Trouble in Shangri-La, Stevie Nicks (5) -- 6 Until the End of Time, 2Pac (7) 4 7 Part III, 112 (13) 5 8 Hotshot, Shaggy (8) 7 9 Set This Circus Down, Tim McGraw (4) 3 10 No Angel, Dido (16) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 What It Feels Like . . . , Madonna (9) 12 2 Bizounce, Olivia (3) 3 3 Missing You, Case (6) 4 4 Never Had a Dream Come True, S Club 7 (2) 8 5 Get Over Yourself, Eden’s Crush (7) 2 6 What Would You Do, City High (1) 6 7 My Baby, Lil’ Romeo (4) -- 8 Angel, Shaggy (11) 11 9 All for You, Janet Jackson (10) 1 10 Stranger in My House, Tamia (8) 7

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended May 6.