Weezer, Depeche Mode Debut Strongly

Two longtime L.A. favorites made strong debuts in area record stores last week. Weezer’s first album in five years finished just behind Tool’s blockbuster on the Southern California sales chart, two spots higher than its national ranking, while Depeche Mode came in at No. 4 locally against No. 8 nationally.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Lateralus, Tool (1) -- 2 Weezer, Weezer (4) -- 3 Miss E . . . So Addictive, Missy Elliott (2) -- 4 Exciter, Depeche Mode (8) -- 5 Survivor, Destiny’s Child (3) 1 6 All for You, Janet Jackson (5) 2 7 Moulin Rouge soundtrack, various (10) 4 8 Wingspan, Paul McCartney (9) 3 9 Reveal, R.E.M. (6) -- 10 Now . . . Vol. 6, various (7) 5

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 My Baby, Lil’ Romeo (1) 1 2 Survivor, Destiny’s Child (3) 4 3 What Would You Do?, City High (2) 2 4 Superwoman Pt. II, Lil’ Mo (4) 9 5 Bizounce, Olivia (7) 3 6 Fiesta, R. Kelly (6) -- 7 Never Had a Dream Come True, S Club 7 (5) 11 8 Missing You, Case (8) 5 9 What It Feels Like . . . , Madonna (12) 6 10 Miss California, Dante Thomas (73) --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended May 20.