‘Fairweather’ Frenzy

Sometimes nice guys do finish first. Hootie & the Blowfish’s “Fairweather Johnson” debuted at No. 1 on both The Times’ Southern California chart and the national charts, selling 411,000 copies.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Fairweather Johnson, Hootie & the Blowfish (1) - 2 The Score, Fugees (2) 2 3 Sunset Park, soundtrack (4) - 4 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 3 5 Evil Empire, Rage Against Machine (6) 1 6 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (5) 4 7 New Beginning, SWV (9) - 8 Tiny Music--Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop, Stone Temple Pilots (12) 5 9 Sixteen Stone, Bush (10) 6 10 Clear Blue Sky, George Strait (7) -

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1) - 2 Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion (4) 1 3 You’re the One, SWV (3) 2 4 Tres Delinquentes, Delinquent Habits (53) 5 5 Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey (2) 3 6 1,2,3,4 Something New, Coolio (5) 4 7 Keep On Keepin’ On, MC Lyte (11) 7 8 Down Low, (6) 6 9 The 13th, the Cure (30) - 10 Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project (10) 9

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Hard Rock/Heavy Metal *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine (1) 1 2 Tiny Music--Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop, Stone Temple Pilots (3) 2 3 Sixteen Stone, Bush (2) 3 4 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (4) 4 5 Zero, Smashing Pumpkins (6) - 6 Smells Like Children, Marilyn Manson (5) 6 7 One Hot Minute, Red Hot Chili Peppers, (7) 5 8 Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine (16) 8 9 The In Sound From Way Out, Beastie Boys (19) 7 10 Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters (10) 9

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Source: SoundScan, for week ending April 14