Coolio in Paradise

Fueled by the success of Coolio’s best-selling single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the soundtrack to the top-grossing “Dangerous Minds” has moved up to No. 2 in The Times’ Southern California album chart and No. 1 on the local R&B; album chart. “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which is also featured in television trailers for the movie, is No. 2 on the local singles chart. Selena’s posthumous “Dreaming of You” has topped the local album chart for four consecutive weeks.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Dreaming of You, Selena (6) 1 2 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (4) 7 3 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 3 4 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (1) 4 5 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs (2) 2 6 Crazysexycool, TLC (5) 9 7 Seal (94), Seal (19) 10 8 History. . ., Michael Jackson (16) 6 9 Four, Blues Traveler (15) 13 10 Pocahontas, soundtrack (11) 8

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Colors of Wind, Vanessa Williams (4) 1 2 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (3) 10 3 He’s Mine, Mokenstef (6) 2 4 Boombastic/In the Summertime, Shaggy (1) 3 5 Kiss From a Rose, Seal (5) 5 6 One More Chance, Notorious B.I.G. (8) 4 7 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (9) 6 8 Waterfalls, TLC (2) 7 9 Player’s Anthem, Junior M.A.F.I.A. (10) 8 10 Don’t Take It Personal, Monica (11) 9

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (2) 3 2 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs (1) 1 3 Crazysexycool, TLC (3) 4 4 History. . ., Michael Jackson (6) 2 5 The Show. . ., Jodeci (4) 5 6 Operation Stackola, Luniz (9) 7 7 Only Built. . ., Raekwon (5) 6 8 Mack 10, Mack 10 (18) 8 9 I Remember You, Brian McKnight (7) -- 10 II, Boyz II Men (8) 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Aug. 13