Really BIG Show

Michael Jackson probably let out a loud scream when he saw the pop singles chart. He’s undoubtedly happy with The Times’ Southern California chart, which he tops with “Scream.” But, after the hurricane of hype, he can’t be happy about the single being “only” No. 3 nationally. Rapper Notorious BIG, without help from a multimillion-dollar promotional campaign, rocketed to No. 1 nationally with “One More Chance,” selling 20% more copies than “Scream.” As expected, the die-hard Pink Floyd fans ran out and bought the group’s new live “Pulse,” pushing it to the top of the national pop album chart and No. 2 in Southern California.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Pocahontas, soundtrack (3) 1 2 Pulse, Pink Floyd (1) -- 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (2) 2 4 Friday, soundtrack (10) 3 5 Throwing Copper, Live (4) 7 6 Batman Forever, soundtrack (15) -- 7 Crazysexycool, TLC (5) 9 8 Amor Prohibido, Selena (60) 11 9 Forever Blue, Chris Isaak (33) 4 10 Tales From Punch Bowl, Primus (8) --

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Scream, Michael Jackson (3) 1 2 Have You Ever. . ., Bryan Adams (5) 2 3 Don’t Take It Personal, Monica (2) 3 4 I Got 5 On It, Luniz (35) 10 5 Total Eclipse of Heart, Nicki French (7) 4 6 One More Chance, Notorious BIG (1) -- 7 I’ll Be There for You, Method Man (4) 5 8 Freek’N You (Part 1), Jodeci (9) 6 9 Waterfalls, TLC (6) 9 10 Foe Life, Mack 10 (66) 19

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Friday, soundtrack (3) 1 2 Crazysexycool, TLC (1) 4 3 Poverty’s Paradise, Naughty by Nature (4) 2 4 II, Boyz II Men (2) 3 5 This Is How, Montell Jordan (5) 5 6 Candy Rain, Soul IV Real (7) 6 7 Brandy, Brandy (9) 8 8 Me Against the World, 2Pac (6) 10 9 And the Music Speaks, All-4-One (10) -- 10 Old School Love Songs, Vol. 2, various artists (83) 9

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of June 11