Beatlemania, Part 3

The Beatles are back on top of The Times’ Southern California chart with the third two-CD installment of their unreleased studio recordings--but that’s no surprise. The real “face”-off last week was between Ghostface Killah and Babyface for No. 2. Ghostface, the elusive Wu-Tang Clan rapper, bested the sensitive crooner in nationwide sales, but Babyface’s “The Day” is faring a little better in Southern California. Nate Dogg’s first solo single, “Never Leave Me Alone,” stays at No. 2 in the Southland while jumping from No. 40 to No. 29

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TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Anthology 3, the Beatles (1) -- 2 Bow Down, Westside Connection (9) 1 3 Tha Hall of Game, E-40 (4) -- 4 Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (7) 3 5 The Day, Babyface (6) -- 6 Best Of Vol. 1, Van Halen (3) 2 7 The Moment, Kenny G (8) 6 8 Ironman, Ghostface Killah (2) -- 9 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (5) 7 10 Recovering the Satellites, C. Crows (14) 5

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) 1 Pony, Ginuwine (4) 2 Never Leave Me Alone, Nate Dogg (29) 3 Tell Me, Dru Hill (10) 4 No Diggity, Blackstreet (1) 5 Missing You, Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan (23) 6 Unbreak My Heart, Toni Braxton (3) 7 Bow Down, Westside Connection (25) 8 Falling, Montell Jordan (14) 9 You Must Love Me, Madonna (24) 10 Nobody, Keith Sweat (5)

Last Week 1 8 2 2 3 -- 4 1 5 -- 6 4 7 3 8 5 9 -- 10 14

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Everything I Love, Alan Jackson (1) -- 2 Place in the World, M.C. Carpenter (4) 1 3 Blue, LeAnn Rimes (2) 2 4 The Greatest Hits, Clint Black (3) 3 5 The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (7) 4 6 Blue Clear Sky, George Strait (6) 5 7 Borderline, Brooks & Dunn (8) 6 8 Did I Shave My Legs..., Deana Carter (5) 7 9 Crank It Up, Jeff Foxworthy (10) 8 10 Greatest Hits, Alan Jackson (12) 10

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Source: SoundScan, for week ending Nov. 3