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It can't be wrong if it sells so right. Right? Well, not everyone's so dadgum lit up about LeAnn Rimes' redoing Debby Boone's ''You Light Up My Life'': Country radio has all but ignored the single. But the teen sensation's same-named album of ''inspirational songs'' gave store owners hope to carry on to the tune of 186,000 copies moved. That's Rimes' third No. 1 album in a recording career that's so far spanned just 14 months; all three albums remain in the country top 10. Claiming the next-highest debut, Amy Grant inspired 80,000 fans to give Behind the Eyes a No. 8 send-off. On the catalog chart, Di fever sent Elton John's ''Candle''-powered Greatest Hits to the top, old Marilyn lyrics notwithstanding.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 -- LEANN RIMES You Light Up My Life, Curb 1 2 1 MASTER P Ghetto D, No Limit/Priority 3 3 2 PUFF DADDY No Way Out, Bad Boy/Arista 8 4 3 FLEETWOOD MAC The Dance, Reprise 4 5 5 JEWEL Pieces of You, Atlantic 83 6 4 TRISHA YEARWOOD (Songbook) A collection of hits, MCA 3 7 6 SPICE GIRLS Spice, Virgin 32 8 -- AMY GRANT Behind the Eyes, A&M 1 9 7 MATCHBOX 20 Yourself or Someone Like You, Lava/Atlantic 28 10 10 PRODIGY The Fat of the Land, Maverick 11
COUNTRY ALBUMS
1 -- LEANN RIMES You Light Up My Life, Curb 1 2 1 TRISHA YEARWOOD (Songbook) A collection of hits, MCA 3 3 2 TIM MCGRAW Everywhere, Curb 15 4 3 LEANN RIMES Blue, Curb 62 5 4 COLLIN RAYE The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits, Epic 3 6 5 GEORGE STRAIT Carrying Your Love With Me, MCA Nashville 21 7 7 LEANN RIMES Unchained Melody/The Early Years, Curb 31 8 6 NEAL MCCOY Greatest Hits, Atlantic 14 9 9 MARTINA MCBRIDE Evolution, RCA 3 10 10 CLINT BLACK Nothin' but the Taillights, RCA 7
POP CATALOG ALBUMS
1 9 ELTON JOHN Greatest Hits, Rocket/A&M 391 2 2 FLEETWOOD MAC Greatest Hits, Warner Bros. 266 3 3 METALLICA Metallica, Elektra 318 4 1 JAMES TAYLOR Greatest Hits, Warner Bros. 360 5 4 SOUNDTRACK Grease, Polydor 219 6 6 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend, Island 431 7 8 FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours, Warner Bros. 141 8 5 PINK FLOYD Dark Side of the Moon, Capitol 1,069 9 7 SUBLIME 40 Oz. to Freedom, Gasoline Alley/MCA 46 10 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jock Jams Vol. 1, Tommy Boy 112
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