For the ‘Faithful’

The Cranberries keep the faith, passing by the mighty Hootie & the Blowfish. The English alternative outfit’s album “To the Faithful Departed” debuted at No. 1 on The Times Southern California chart and No. 4 on the national charts. The Blowfish relinquished their top spot locally, but still managed to maintain national dominace, with second-week sales of 259,000 copies for “Fairweather Johnson,” escaping the grasp of the Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash” by only 5,000 copies.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 To the Faithful Departed, the Cranberries (4) -- 2 Fairweather Johnson, Hootie & the Blowfish (1) 1 3 The Score, Fugees (3) 2 4 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (5) 4 5 Crash, Dave Matthews Band (2) -- 6 Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine (9) 5 7 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (6) 6 8 Sunset Park, soundtrack (7) 3 9 New Beginning, Tracy Chapman (11) 11 10 New Beginning, SWV (19) 7

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1) 1 2 Tres Delinquentes, Delinquent Habits (45) 4 3 You’re the One, SWV (3) 3 4 Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion (4) 2 5 1,2,3,4,Something New, Coolio (5) 6 6 Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey (2) 5 7 Keep On Keepin’ On, MC Lyte (8) 7 8 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know), R. Kelly (7) 8 9 Sweet Dreams, La Bouche (22) 20 10 Fastlove, George Michael (32) --

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TOP 10 LATIN ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Unidos Para Siempre, Los Tigres del Norte (8) 1 2 Enrique Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias (7) 2 3 Tierra Gitana, Gypsy Kings (2) 3 4 Best of, Gypsy Kings (4) 8 5 Dreaming of You, Selena (1) 4 6 El Deseo de Oir tu Voz, Christian (11) 5 7 14 Tucanazos Bien Pesados, Los Tucanes de Tijuana,(42) 7 8 Mundo de Amor, Los Tucanes de Tijuana (41) 6 9 Pedro Fernandez, Pedro Fernandez (16) 9 10 Pies Descalzos, Shakira (10) --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending May 5