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The “Waiting to Exhale� soundtrack, No. 3 on The Times’ Southern California album chart, continues its reign atop the national chart. Produced and written almost entirely by Babyface, the album includes three Babyface-penned singles among the nation’s Top 5 sellers: Mary J. Blige’s “Not Gon’ Cry� at No. 1, Brandy’s “Sittin’ Up in My Room� at No. 3 and Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)� at No. 5.

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Str8 Off the Streetz of . . . Compton, Eazy-E (3) ... 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (2) 3 3 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (1) 2 4 Daydream, Mariah Carey (4) 4 5 (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis (5) 5 6 Boys for Pele, Tori Amos (9) 1 7 Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins (11) 9 8 Memory of Trees, Enya (10) 6 9 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (8) 10 10 Sixteen Stone, Bush (7) 7

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Hey Lover, LL Cool J (4) 8 2 Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love), Lina Santiago (46) 1 3 One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey (2) 2 4 Missing, Everything But the Girl (12) 3 5 Sittin’ Up in My Room, Brandy (3) 10 6 Tonite’s Tha Night, Kris Kross (7) 6 7 Be My Lover, La Bouche (9) 6 8 Ridin’ Low, L.A.D. (43) 4 9 Anything, 3T (15) 5 10 Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project (6) 11

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Woman in Me, Shania Twain (1) 1 2 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (3) 3 3 Greatest Hits, Alan Jackson (2) 2 4 Hits, Garth Brooks (7) 6 5 It Matters to Me, Faith Hill (4) 5 6 Greatest Hits, Vince Gill (6) 4 7 Starting Over, Reba McEntire (8) 7 8 Trouble With the Truth, Patty Loveless (10) 8 9 I Think About You, Collin Raye (13) ... 10 Games Rednecks Play, Jeff Foxworthy (12) ...

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Feb. 4