A Heroic Performance

Mariah Carey is still reaping the benefits of all that exposure on her TV special and tour, with her “Music Box” album climbing to the top of The Times’ Southern California pop album chart. Carey’s single, “Hero,” moved up two notches to No. 2 on the pop singles chart. The Cranberries, featuring Dolores O’Riordan, have a hot album in “Everybody Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?,” which jumped five rungs to No. 10. It’s getting a strong boost from the group’s single, “Linger,” which is No. 13 on the pop singles chart. Harry Connick Jr.’s “When My Heart Finds Christmas” (No. 9) is still the top holiday album.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 2 2 Duets, Frank Sinatra (4) 4 3 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (3) 3 4 Vs., Pearl Jam (2) 5 5 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (14) 1 6 janet., Janet Jackson (7) 6 7 The One Thing, Michael Bolton (6) 10 8 MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs (18) 12 9 When My Heart..., Harry Connick Jr. (13) 7 10 Everybody’s Else Is..., Cranberries (27) 15

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TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (5) 2 2 Hero, Mariah Carey (2) 4 3 What’s My Name, Snoop Doggy Dogg (7) 1 4 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (1) 3 5 All for Love, Adams/Stewart/Sting (4) 6 6 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (9) 5 7 Again, Janet Jackson (3) 8 8 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (14) 9 9 I’d Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf (8) 7 10 Keep Ya Head Up, 2Pac (11) 11

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TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Vs., Pearl Jam (1) 1 2 B&B; Experience, Beavis&Butt-head; (2) 3 3 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (6) 4 4 Spaghetti Incident?, Guns N’ Roses (3) 2 5 In Utero, Nirvana (5) 5 6 Get a Grip, Aerosmith (4) 7 7 Blind Melon, Blind Melon (7) 6 8 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (8) 8 9 Ten, Pearl Jam (9) 9 10 La Sexorcisto, White Zombie (11) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 19