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Antichrists, maybe; superstars, not just yet. Still, Marilyn Manson's latest lurid attempt at capturing the hearts, minds, and school lunch money of young America sold an impressive 132,000 copies its first week out, good enough for a No. 3 debut. Already, these shock-rockers have well surpassed the chart heights of their previous release, the Smells Like Children EP, which went gold despite peaking at No. 31 earlier this year. But there's nothing written in blood saying the Manson clan will still be in the top 10 next week; take portentous note of a band with much the same audience, Tool, dropping to No. 16 after debuting at No. 2 last week.
LAST WEEKS ON WEEK POP ALBUMS CHART 1 3 CELINE DION Falling Into You, 550 Music/Epic 31 2 4 KENNY G The Moment, Arista 2 3 -- MARILYN MANSON Antichrist Superstar, Nothing/Interscope 1 4 1 NIRVANA From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, DGC 2 5 5 LEANN RIMES Blue, MCG/Curb 14 6 8 ALANIS MORISSETTE Jagged Little Pill, Maverick/Reprise 70 7 16 NO DOUBT Tragic Kingdom, Trauma/Interscope 41 8 6 NEW EDITION Home Again, MCA 5 9 11 KEITH SWEAT Keith Sweat, Elektra 16 10 7 SOUNDTRACK Set It Off, Elektra 3 COUNTRY ALBUMS 1 1 LEANN RIMES Blue, MCG/Curb 14 2 2 CLINT BLACK The Greatest Hits, RCA 3 3 3 GEORGE STRAIT Blue Clear Sky, MCA 25 4 4 BROOKS & DUNN Borderline, Arista 26 5 5 SHANIA TWAIN The Woman in Me, Mercury Nashville 88 6 8 DEANA CARTER Did I Shave My Legs for This? Capitol Nashville 6 7 6 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY What I Do Best, Atlantic 3 8 7 JEFF FOXWORTHY Crank It Up -- The Music Album, Warner Bros. 7 9 13 BRYAN WHITE Between Now and Forever, Asylum 29 10 10 VINCE GILL High Lonesome Sound, MCA 20 COLLEGE ALBUMS 1 1 SEBADOH Harmacy, Sub Pop 8 2 3 ARCHERS OF LOAF All the Nations Airports, Alias/Elektra 3 3 2 BUTTER 08 Butter, Grand Royal 7 4 4 CARDIGANS First Band on the Moon, Mercury 4 5 7 LES CLAYPOOL AND THE HOLY MACKEREL Highball With the Devil, Interscope 8 6 9 R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Warner Bros. 4 7 8 DESCENDENTS Everything Sucks, Epitaph 5 8 14 SMOG The Doctor Came at Dawn, Drag City 3 9 12 SOUL COUGHING Irresistible Bliss, Slash/Warner Bros. 13 10 25 SOCIAL DISTORTION White Light White Heat White Trash, 550 Music/Epic 3
(C)1996 BPI COMMUNICATIONS INC./SOUNDSCAN INC. USED WITH PERMISSION FROM BILLBOARD, OCT. 19, 1996 (C)1996 CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT, OCT. 14, 1996
