You’re Gonna Get It

‘Tis the season for greatest hits packages, which make great gifts. Tom Petty is cashing in right away with his “Greatest Hits,” which debuted at No. 5 on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart. Many of these collections are hot sellers through the holiday gift-buying season but see sales slow to a trickle after that. Bryan Adams’ greatest hits collection “So Far So Good” (No. 6) is a hot seller too, along with Zapp & Roger’s “All the Greatest Hits” (No. 9). Among the albums of new material, Michael Bolton’s “The One Thing,” did best--entering at No. 4. Like his others, this one promises to be a Top 10 fixture at least for the next two months. The clout of Pearl Jam’s “Vs.” is really evident on the hard-rock chart, where it’s the clear champion and should rule into early next year at least.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Duets, Frank Sinatra (2) 1 2 Vs., Pearl Jam (1) 2 3 Music Box, Mariah Carey (6) 3 4 The One Thing, Michael Bolton (3) -- 5 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty (8) -- 6 So Far So Good, Bryan Adams (7) 12 7 Songs of the Eagles, Various artists (5) 4 8 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (11) 5 9 All The Greatest Hits, Zapp & Roger (63) 7 10 janet., Janet Jackson (9) 11

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (5) 1 2 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa (2) 5 3 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (3) 3 4 I’d Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf (1) 2 5 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (7) 4 6 Again, Janet Jackson (4) 6 7 Hero, Mariah Carey (8) 10 8 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (11) 9 9 Indo Smoke, Mista Grimm (57) 8 10 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane (17) 7

TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Vs., Pearl Jam (1) 1 2 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (3) 2 3 In Utero, Nirvana (2) 3 4 Blind Melon, Blind Melon (4) 4 5 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (6) 5 6 La Sexorcisto, White Zombie (8) 7 7 Ten, Pearl Jam (7) 6 8 Counterparts, Rush (10) 8 9 Get a Grip, Aerosmith (5) 9 10 Undertow, Tool (13) --

SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 21