The Sky’s the Limit

Sting buzzed by the competition with his new “Ten Summoner’s Tales,” landing in the top spot on the local album chart. Clapton’s “Unplugged” is a strong second--still attracting some new customers based on his Grammy haul. Dolly Parton’s “Slow Dancing With the Moon” waltzed up the country chart to No. 5 and is shaping up to be one of her biggest pop albums. Brooks & Dunn are pulling a Garth Brooks, with multiple albums on the country chart: their old one, “Brand New Man” (No. 10) and the brand new “Hard Workin’ Man” (No. 3).

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Ten Summoner’s Tales, Sting (2) -- 2 Unplugged, Eric Clapton (1) 1 3 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (3) 2 4 Breathless, Kenny G (4) 3 5 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (6) 5 6 Duran Duran, Duran Duran (21) 4 7 3 Years 5 Months. . ., Arrested Dev. (9) 7 8 Pocket. . .of Kryptonite, Spin Doctors (5) 15 9 Aladdin, soundtrack (22) 6 10 Jon Secada, Jon Secada (20) 10

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang, Dr. Dre (2) 1 2 Informer, Snow (1) 2 3 Freak Me, Silk (3) 4 4 Ditty, Paperboy (8) 3 5 Hip Hop Hooray, Naughty By Nature (5) 7 6 It Was a Good Day, Ice Cube (19) 11 7 I Will Always. . ., Whitney Houston (4) 5 8 I Got a Man, Positive K (6) 9 9 Ordinary World, Duran Duran (13) 8 10 A Whole New World, Bryson/Belle (10) 6

TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Some Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus (1) 1 2 It’s Your Call, Reba McEntire (3) 3 3 Hard Workin’ Man, Brooks & Dunn (2) 2 4 The Chase, Garth Brooks (5) 4 5 Slow Dancing. . ., Dolly Parton (4) 5 6 I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill (10) 6 7 Come On. . ., Mary-Chapin Carpenter (9) 7 8 No Fences, Garth Brooks (12) 10 9 Wynonna, Wynonna Judd (11) 8 10 Brand New Man, Brooks & Dunn (6) 9

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of March 14