Pop Album Chart : No. 1 Debut Just Routine

Albums used to enter the Billboard pop album chart at No. 1 once every few years. Now that Billboard figures chart positions with a new high-tech method, albums are debuting on top every week. Last week it was Skid Row, unseated this week by Van Halen’s “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.”

* White rap duo 3rd Bass scored a big hit with “Derelicts of Dialect.” It entered the chart at No. 22.

Rank Rank 2 Weeks Title (Label) Last Week Weeks Ago on Chart 1.”For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” ... ... 1 Van Halen (Warner Bros.) 2.”Slave to the Grind” 1 ... 2 Skid Row (Atlantic) 3.”Spellbound” 2 2 6 Paula Abdul (Virgin) 4.”No Fences” 4 8 42 Garth Brooks (Capitol) 5.”Gonna Make You Sweat” 5 4 26 C+C Music Factory (Columbia) *”Derelects of Dialect” ... ... 1 3rd Bass (Def Jam)