Fortified ‘Gump’

The home video release of “Forrest Gump” has triggered a revival of interest in the soundtrack, which came out last summer when the movie debuted theatrically. Recently it’s been charging up the chart, jumping from No. 19 to No. 3 on The Times’ Southern California pop album chart--and nationally to No. 4. Though it was a smash last year, sales had slowed to a crawl until the video came out. Montell Jordan’s album “This Is How We Do It” broke into the Southern California Top 10, at No. 8. The album’s title song, a long-running No. 1 single both in this area and nationally, is propelling album sales.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Friday, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (2) 2 3 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (4) 19 4 Throwing Copper, Live (3) 3 5 Medusa, Annie Lennox (20) 4 6 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (7) 5 7 Tuesday Night, Sheryl Crow (12) 7 8 This Is How, Montell Jordan (19) 12 9 II, Boyz II Men (6) 11 10 Astro Creep: 2000, White Zombie (8) 10

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 This Is How, Montell Jordan (1) 1 2 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?, Bryan Adams (5) 2 3 I’ll Be There for You, Method Man (2) 11 4 Ask of You, Raphael Saadiq (12) 5 5 Freak Like Me, Adina Howard (3) 3 6 Dear Mama, 2Pac (4) 4 7 I’d Rather Be Alone, IV Example (49) 6 8 Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre (6) 7 9 Lick It, Roula (61) 8 10 Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men (13) 9

TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Me Against The World, 2Pac (1) 1 2 Safe + Sound, DJ Quik (9) 2 3 The Infamous, Mobb Deep (2) -- 4 Sittin’ on Chrome, Masta Ace Inc. (8) -- 5 Ready to Die, Notorious B.I.G. (4) 3 6 In a Major Way, E-40 (5) 5 7 36 Chambers, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (3) 4 8 Funkdafied, Da Brat (12) 7 9 Tical, Method Man (6) 9 10 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (18) 8

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of May 7