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Oh, why not call it a comeback? LL Cool J's Phenomenon hasn't lived up to its title yet, but the rapper's favorably reviewed album did claim the top entry-level position for the week, selling 102,000 copies for a No. 7 debut. The runner-up among frosh albums, Green Day's Nimrod, had an 82,000-unit week and a No. 10 entry. Higher up -- but probably not high enough for their tastes -- Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Boyz II Men have all discovered that their days of enjoying weeks on end in the top spot may be behind them. With veteran acts settling into an era of diminished expectations, LeAnn Rimes moved back into first place, possibly inspiring a run on voodoo dolls by her elders.
POP ALBUMS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 3 LEANN RIMES You Light Up My Life, Curb 6 2 1 JANET JACKSON The Velvet Rope, Virgin 2 3 2 SOUNDTRACK Gang Related, Death Row/Priority 2 4 7 FLEETWOOD MAC The Dance, Reprise 9 5 5 SOUNDTRACK Soul Food, LaFace/Arista 5 6 6 MARIAH CAREY Butterfly, Columbia 5 7 -- LL COOL J Phenomenon, Def Jam/Mercury 1 8 4 BOYZ II MEN Evolution, Motown 4 9 8 AQUA Aquarium, MCA 6 10 -- GREEN DAY Nimrod, Reprise 1
R&B ALBUMS
1 1 SOUNDTRACK Gang Related, Death Row/Priority 3 2 3 SOUNDTRACK Soul Food, LaFace/Arista 5 3 2 JANET JACKSON The Velvet Rope, Virgin 2 4 -- LL COOL J Phenomenon, Def Jam/Mercury 1 5 4 MASTER P Ghetto D, No Limit/Priority 8 6 5 BUSTA RHYMES When Disaster Strikes, Elektra 6 7 -- GRAVEDIGGAZ The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel, Gee Street/V2 1 8 6 BOYZ II MEN Evolution, Motown 4 9 7 USHER My Way, LaFace/Arista 5 10 9 PUFF DADDY No Way Out, Bad Boy/Arista 14
CONCERTS
# OF TICKET SHOWS SALES
1 2 THE ROLLING STONES Chicago $6,260,600 2 1 THE ROLLING STONES Columbus, Ohio $3,553,069 3 1 THE ROLLING STONES Philadelphia $3,275,572 4 1 THE ROLLING STONES Charlotte, N.C. $3,126,945 5 1 THE ROLLING STONES Edmonton $2,033,971 6 1 THE ROLLING STONES Winnipeg $1,575,160 7 1 FLEETWOOD MAC East Rutherford, N.J. $1,093,220 8 1 FLEETWOOD MAC Auburn Hills, Mich. $1,035,705 9 1 FLEETWOOD MAC Noblesville, Ind. $811,965 10 1 ELTON JOHN Virginia Beach, Va. $678,080
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