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COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SoundScan The Heatseekers chart lists the best- selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the O SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart. When an album reaches this level, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are immedi- ""I on the Heatseekers chart. All albums are available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is ately ineligible to appear ¢ JANUARY 24, 1998 `n w á w ARTIST TITLE available. O Albums with the greatest sales gains. 'S, 1998, Billboard /BPI Communications. 6 IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) * * * NO. 1 * * * 26 20 11 G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE OKEH 67784 /EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) YEAH, IT'S THAT EASY 1 1 33 OUR LADY PEACE COLUMBIA 67940 (10.98 EQ/16.98) CLUMSY ® 35 2 ANITA COCHRAN WARNER BROS. 46395 (10.98/16.98) BACK TO YOU 3 4 QUEEN PEN LIU MAN 90151 /INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) MY MELODY ® 28 31 20 DIANA KRALL IMPULSE! 233 /GRP (16.98 CD) LOVE SCENES 4 54 BARENAKED LADIES REPRISE 46393/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ROCK SPECTACLE © 29 26 11 WILL DOWNING MERCURY 536350 (10.98 EO/16.98) INVITATION ONLY 7 10 UNCLE SAM STONECREEK 67731/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) UNCLE SAM ® 30 22 21 JIMMIE'S CHICKEN SHACK ROCKET 540724/Á&M (8.98/10.98) ...PUSHING THE SALMANILLA ENVELOPE 5 2 36 ALLURE TRACK MASTERS /CRAVE 67848*/EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) ALLURE 31 RE -ENTRY CRISTIAN ARIOLA 52205/BMG (9.98/15.98) LO MEJOR DE MI 6 16 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 82446/SONY (9.98 EQ/14.98) ME ESTOY ENAMORANDO ® 32 32 11 OLIVE RCA 67507 (10.98/16.981 EXTRA VIRGIN 7 5 26 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE (NASHVILLE) 466I8/WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) (10.98/16.98) MICHAEL PETERSON 33 RE -ENTRY THE WHORIDAS HOBO /SOUTHPAW 71800* /DELICIOUS VINYL (10.98/16.98) WHORIDIN' 9 16 CORNERSHOP LUAKA BOP 46576/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) WHEN I WAS BORN FOR THE 7TH TIME ® 34 30 75 JACI VELASQUEZ MYRRH/WORD 67823/EPIC (10.98 E0/15.98) HEAVENLY PLACE 9 8 16 SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE WARNER BROS. 46753 (9.98/15.98) THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL 35 37 8 SAM SALTER LAFACE 26040 /ARISTA (10.98/15.98) IT'S ON TONIGHT 15 19 SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS PERSPECTIVE 549029/A &M (10.98/16.98) TIME FOR HEALING ® 36 28 8 MIC GERONIMO BLUNT 4930 * /TVT (10.98/16.98) VENDETTA 19 10 KAREN CLARK -SHEARD ISLAND 524397 (10.98/17.98) FINALLY KAREN © 42 22 SONOLUX (8.98 CHARLIE ZAA 82136/SONY EQ/14.98) SENTIMIENTOS © 24 4 ALANA DAVIS ELEKTRA 62112/EEG (10.98/16.98) BLAME IT ON ME © 38 23 18 CHELY WRIGHT MCA NASHVILLE 70003 (10.98/16.98) LET ME IN © 18 3 BILLIE MYERS UNIVERSAL 53100 (10.98/16.98) GROWING PAINS 89 RE -ENTRY ROY D. MERCER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54781 (9.98/15.98) HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1 14 11 15 NEXT ARISTA 18973 (10.98/15.98) RATED NEXT

40 38 7 SARAH BRIGHTMAN & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NEMO STUDIO 56511 /ANGEL 116.98 Co) TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 15 10 16 THE KINLEYS EPIC (NASHVILLE) 67965/SONY (NASHVILLE) (10.98 E(Ú16.98) JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME 41 29 40 LESS THAN JAKE CAPITOL 37235 (6.98/9.98) LOSING STREAK 16 14 40 °` DAFT PUNK SOMA 42609*NIRGIN (10.98/16.98) HOMEWORK 45 7 CHRISTION ROC- A- FELLNDEF JAM 536281 * /MERCURY (10.98 EQ/17.98) GHETTO CYRANO 11 NEW BOB & TOM BIG MOUTH 97 (17.98/24.98) GIMME AN "F" ® NEW THE LOX BAD BOY 73015 /ARISTA (10.98/16.98) MONEY, POWER & RESPECT 18 12 46 SNEAKER PIMPS CLEAN UP 42587NIRGIN (10.98/15.98) BECOMING X 43

44 21 2 JENNIFER KNAPP GOTEE 3832 (9.98/11.98) KANSAS 19 13 35 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/15.98) LEE ANN WOMACK

45 39 2 SEVENDUST Tvr 5730 (10.98/16.98) SEVENDUST cl 33 12 ROY D. MERCER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21144 (7.98/12.98) HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 3 RE D. CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54782 (9.98/15.98) HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 2 21 17 28 LIMP BIZKIT FLIP 90124 /INTERSCOPE (8.98/12.98) THREE DOLLAR BILL, Y'ALL 46 -ENTRY ROY MERCER

41 41 12 SANDI PATTY WORD 68583 /EPIC (10.98 EQ/16.98) ARTIST OF MY SOUL ZZ 27 11 NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR FEAT. JOHN P. KEE NEW LIFE 43108NERITY (10.98/16.98) STRENGTH 2 DEL NORTE FONOVISA 6072 (8.98/13.98) ASI COMO TU Q 25 11 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB WORLD CIRCUIT /NONESUCH 79478/AG (17.98 CD) BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB 48 49 LOS TIGRES 24 16 2 AVALON SPARROW 51639 (10.98/15.98) A MAZE OF GRACE 49 43 2 COAL CHAMBER ROADRUNNER 8863 (10.98/15.98) COAL CHAMBER

VICTOR MANUELLE SONY DISCOS 82334/SONY (8.98/14.98) A PESAR DE TODO © 36 9 BIG BUB KEDAR 53074*/UNIVERSAL (10.98/16.98) TIMELESS 50 NEW

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C LASSICAL ACT: "Angeli- the core soprano act, on the Undiluted. Byron Stingily, whose hit sin- translate the act's first single, mainstream coup when it land- ca," the album conceived by road. New projects are also gle "Get Up" reached the top spot on "Chanson Sans Issue" (Cheat ed several dates on the Lilith Grammy-winning producer being considered. Billboard's Hot Dance Music /Club Play Sheet; Dead -End Song). Fair's East Coast leg last year. Clif Magness as a project that chart, comes out with his debut Nervous Nettwerk director of sales Public radio has also warmed would pair a quintet of un- ROADWORK: Austin, Texas - album, "The Purist," Feb. 9. The former and marketing Marivi Magsi- to the act. KCRW Los Angeles, known sopranos with such based Sixteen Deluxe, whose Ten City member employed a who's who no says the promotion, tenta- for instance, will host the act in noted rock guitarists as Steve last album, "Backfeed Magnet- of house to produce the album, includ- tively scheduled for March, will mid -February when it visits Vai and Dweezil Zappa, is tak- babe," on Trace, was hailed as ing Masters At Work, Mousse T., and support such other activities as the paragon of excellence in the David Morales, among several others. A touring and radio visits. still -underground Texas psy- remake of Sylvester's "You Make Me Working through college and chedelic scene, is back again Feel (Mighty Real)," due out Jan. 26, is already exploding in high school French clubs, the with another dose of wildly Europe and getting test spins on WKTU New York. promotion will ask students for inventive material for Warner a nonliteral interpretation. Bros. "We're not looking so much

Supporting "Emits Showers R E G I O N A L H E A T S E E K E R S N O. i s for a direct translation as we Of Sparks," which are what the lyrics mean to the person," Warner released Jan. MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST Just In Time. Brett Gure- 13, the band will join Our Lady Peace, Clumsy Barenaked Ladies, Rock Spectacle says Magsino. "Obvi- witz and Rancid's Tim Arm- such acts as Imperi- ously songs mean dif- strong, co- founders of Hell - ferent things to al Teen during the EAST NORTH CENTRAL cat/Epitaph, kick off their everyone who hears annual San Francis- Bob & Tom, Gimme An'"F" Country '98. Melodie Crit- venture with "Right On them." co Noise Fest, to be tenden, whose self -titled Time," the fantastic old - Bearing this in held in late February Asylum debut bows Feb. school ska title crafted by mind, the band's three at the Great Ameri- MIDDLE ATLANTIC 24, has been picked as one nine-man team Hepcat. Queen Pen, My Melody members, can Music Hall. WEST NORTH CENTRAL Valerie of Country Weekly maga- Following the album's Lorie Line, Open House Leuillot, Fabrice In February, At- zine's artists to watch in release Tuesday (20), the Dumont, and - lantic artist Kacy Jean '98. Production by Byron band begins its headlining SOUTH ATLANTIC Pierre Ensuque, will Crowley, supporting Alejandro Fernandez, Me Estoy Enomorando Gallimore and Stephony tour Feb. 4 in Sacramento, act as judges. her debut album, PACIFIC Smith, one of the new crop Calif. Quick trivia: Vocalist Queen Pen, My Melody Magsino is "Anchorless," plays Still, of non -artist female Alex Desert had a support- to smash West Coast Borders expecting Nashville producers, does ing role in the film stores. Paired with SOUTH CENTRAL the language barrier Roy D. Mercer, How Big'A Boy Are Ya? Volume 3 a good job of highlighting "Swingers." a sonic boom labelmate Chris with Crittenden's strong and from the band. Stills, Crowley be- unique voice. The first sin- "Some artists, es- gins the tour Feb. 5 gle at radio is "Broken pecially in the alterative world, ing on a life of its own. in San Diego. Road," one of a handful of T H E R E G I O N A L R O U N D U P down Though the album was have helped break the tunes recycled from noted barriers," she says, mentioning released by Atlantic in Decem- PARLEZ -VOUS FRAN- Rotating top 10 lists of best -selling ittes by new and developing artists. songwriter Marcus Hum - such acts as Pizzicato Five ber and continues to benefit ÇAIS? Eager to break French WEST NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLE ATLANTIC mon's album on Columbia. from the public television doc- pop act Autour De Lucie and 1. Lorie Line Open House 1. Queen Pen My Melody and Stereolab. "With Autour 2. Michael Peterson Michael Peterson 2. The Lox Money, Power & Respect De umentary "Angelica: Voices its superb sophomore album, 3. Our Lady Peace Clumsy 3. Our Lady Peace Clumsy Lucie, what we're really And Visions," plans are under "Immobile," in the U.S., Nett - 4. Allure Allure 4. Allure Allure hoping will come to the fore- L.A. The first single will be 5. Limp Bizkd Three Dollar Bill, Y'all 5. Comershop When I Was Born For The 7th Time which is way to expand the project. werk Records has decided to 6. The Kinleys Just Between You And Me 6. Barenaked Ladies Rock Spectacle front is the new sound, serviced to college, public Vendetta 7. Comershop When I Was Bom For The 7th Time 7. Mic Geronimo rougher and rawer than their radio, and commercial special- Though details remain play up the band's almost 8. Roy D. Mercer How Big'A Boy Are You? Volume 3 8. Uncle Sam Uncle Sam sketchy, immediate goals are to entirely French lyrics with a 9. Uncle Sam Uncle Sam 9. India Sobre El Fuego first album." ty shows on the Jan. 27 album Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack 10. Beenie Man Many Moods Of Moses take Angelica, also the name of contest that asks students to 10. Lee The band already scored a release date.

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