Pop Album Chart : Billy Ray Cyrus on Top--for Now

Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Some Gave All,” which has successfully crushed all challengers to pop-album chart supremacy for the last 16 weeks, should rule for the next few weeks. Then it should be dethroned by either the next Garth Brooks album or the new Michael Bolton collection, both due out in less than two weeks. Bobby Brown’s heavily hyped “Bobby,” which remained at No. 5, still hasn’t mounted much of a challenge to Cyrus. Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” is still the No. 1 pop single.

* This should become one of America’s most wanted albums--in teen hard-rock circles at least. The Santa Barbara band, which had a surprise hit with the EP “As Ugly as They Wanna Be” earlier this year, entered the chart at No. 29 with “America’s Least Wanted.”

Rank Rank 2 Weeks Last Weeks on the Week Ago Chart 1.”Some Gave All,” 1 1 17 Billy Ray Cyrus 2.”Unplugged,” Eric Clapton 3 4 3 3.”Ten,” Pearl Jam 4 3 39 4.”Beyond the Season,” 2 5 3 Garth Brooks 5.”Bobby,” Bobby Brown 5 3 3 6.”What’s the 411?,” 9 20 7 Mary J. Blige 7.”Boomerang,” soundtrack 6 7 11 8.”Totally Krossed Out,” 7 6 24 Kris Kross 9.”Funky Divas,” En Vogue 10 11 25 10.”I Still Believe in You,” 23 ... 2 Vince Gill * “America’s Least Wanted,” ... ... 1 Ugly Kid Joe

Source: Billboard/SoundScan