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So it's not the end of the world as we know it. But R.E.M.'s Up debuted at No. 3 on first-week sales of 117,000, pretty good for a rock band these days, if a comedown from the heady times in 1994 when Monster came out of the box with 343,000. Dru Hill are on the climb, however; the group's debut album peaked at No. 23, but on the heels of a hit R&B single, their unjinxed sophomore effort came in at No. 2 with 128,000 sold. Jay-Z ruled the roost again with 174,000, managing a fifth week at No. 1, a rare feat in the usually fast-falling rap realm.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 1 JAY-Z Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, Def Jam 5 2 -- DRU HILL Enter the Dru, Island Black Music 1 3 -- R.E.M. Up, Warner Bros. 1 4 2 LAURYN HILL The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ruffhouse/Columbia 10 5 3 SHANIA TWAIN Come On Over, Mercury 52 6 -- FAITH EVANS Keep the Faith, Bad Boy/Arista 1 7 4 'N SYNC 'N Sync, RCA 32 8 -- PHISH The Story of the Ghost, Elektra 1 9 5 SOUNDTRACK Rush Hour, Def Jam 7 10 9 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys, Jive 64
R&B ALBUMS
1 1 JAY-Z Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, Def Jam 6 2 -- DRU HILL Enter the Dru, Island Black Music 1 3 -- FAITH EVANS Keep the Faith, Bad Boy/Arista 1 4 2 LAURYN HILL The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ruffhouse/Columbia 10 5 4 OUTKAST Aquemini, LaFace 5 6 5 KIRK FRANKLIN The Nu Nation Project, Gospo Centric/Interscope 6 7 6 SOUNDTRACK Rush Hour, Def Jam 7 8 9 DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/Mercury 24 9 13 THE TEMPTATIONS Phoenix Rising, Motown 11 10 8 KELLY PRICE Soul of a Woman, T-Neck/Island 12
