Soundtrack Season

Though “The Lion King” soundtrack continues to rule The Times’ Southern California pop album chart, a soundtrack from another hot movie is poised to take over. On the heels of a strong opening week in theaters, the “Forrest Gump” soundtrack entered the chart at No. 11. Unless this Tom Hanks movie tails off drastically at the box office, the album should shoot into the Top Five next week. Warren G.’s “Regulate. . .G-Funk Era” remains hot, topping both the Southern California and national rap charts and hanging in third locally among all albums.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 The Lion King, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (2) 2 3 Regulate. . .G-Funk Era, Warren G. (4) 3 4 The Sign, Ace of Base (3) 4 5 Smash, Offspring (32) 5 6 August and. . .After, Counting Crows (6) 6 7 Superunknown, Soundgarden (9) 7 8 Chant, Benedictine Monks (12) 10 9 Seal, Seal (24) 8 10 Funkdafied, Da Brat (11) 9

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (3) 2 2 I Swear, All-4-One (2) 1 3 Funkdafied, Da Brat (5) 3 4 Stay, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories (4) 5 5 Regulate, Warren G. and Nate Dogg (1) 4 6 Back & Forth, Aaliyah (6) 6 7 Any Time, Any Place, Janet Jackson (8) 7 8 Can You Feel the Love. . ., Elton John (7) 8 9 Back in the Day, Ahmad (16) 9 10 Don’t Turn Around, Ace of Base (10) 11

TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Regulate. . .G-Funk Era, Warren G. (1) 1 2 Funkdafied, Da Brat (2) 2 3 Ill Communication, Beastie Boys (3) 3 4 Same as It Ever Was, House of Pain (4) 4 5 Southernplayalistic. . ., Outkast (5) 6 6 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (7) 5 7 Old School, Old School (31) 7 8 ‘N Gatz We Truss, So. Central Cartel (10) 9 9 Nuttin’ But Love, Heavy D. & the Boyz (6) 8 10 Funky Headhunter, Hammer (11) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of July 10