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Rap may be down one more superstar after Biggie Smalls' demise, but that doesn't mean there aren't still plenty of genre middleweights capable of chart-topping entries -- like Scarface, whose The Untouchable debuted with 168,500 units sold. U2 slipped to No. 2 with sales of 150,200, down from 349,000 last week. One album whose flight inspires unwavering belief is the Space Jam soundtrack, which reentered the top 10 at No. 6, thanks to the double whammy of the movie's home video release and a new smash single, Monica's ''For You I Will.'' As for the Notorious B.I.G., fans who couldn't wait for this week's Life After Death sent 1994's Ready to Die bulleting onto the catalog chart at No. 5.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEKS WEEK ON CHART
1 -- SCARFACE The Untouchable, Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe 1 2 1 U2 Pop, Island 2 3 2 LEANN RIMES Unchained Melody/The Early Years, Curb 5 4 6 SPICE GIRLS Spice, Virgin 6 5 4 JEWEL Pieces of You, Atlantic 57 6 14 SOUNDTRACK Space Jam, Warner Sunset/Atlantic 18 7 3 CELINE DION Falling Into You, 550 Music/Epic 53 8 8 WALLFLOWERS Bringing Down the Horse, Interscope 37 9 5 NO DOUBT Tragic Kingdom, Trauma/Interscope 63 10 9 ERYKAH BADU Baduizm, Kedar/Universal 5
R&B ALBUMS
1 83 SCARFACE The Untouchable, Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe 2 2 1 ERYKAH BADU Baduizm, Kedar/Universal 5 3 3 BLACKSTREET Another Level, Interscope 28 4 2 TRU Tru 2 da Game, No Limit/Priority 4 5 5 MAKAVELI The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Death Row/Interscope 20 6 4 SOUNDTRACK Booty Call, Jive 3 7 7 DRU HILL Dru Hill, Island 17 8 17 MAXWELL Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, Columbia 50 9 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS Funkmaster Flex: The Mix Tape Volume II, Loud/RCA 5 10 -- LEVERT The Whole Scenario, Atlantic 1
COLLEGE ALBUMS
1 1 PAVEMENT Brighten the Corners, Matador/Capitol 5 2 2 HELMET Aftertaste, Interscope 6 3 4 SOUNDTRACK Lost Highway, Nothing/Interscope 6 4 5 THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES Let's Face It, Mercury 5 5 3 BUILT TO SPILL Perfect From Now On, Warner Bros. 9 6 28 MORPHINE Like Swimming, Rykodisc/DreamWorks 2 7 7 BIS This Is Teen-C Power (EP), Grand Royal 6 8 6 BJORK Telegram, Elektra 9 9 9 DAVID BOWIE Earthling, Virgin 6 10 10 MOBY Animal Rights, Elektra 7
(C)1997 BPI COMMUNICATIONS INC./SOUNDSCAN INC. USED WITH PERMISSION FROM BILLBOARD, MARCH 29, 1997 (C)CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT, MARCH 24, 1997
