Brooks’ ‘Gaines’ Debut Misses on Two Fronts

Garth Brooks ended up a two-time loser this week. His pop album in the guise of fictional singer Chris Gaines was blocked out of the No. 1 spot on the national sales chart by hard-rock band Creed, and in the Southern California market by the rap super-duo Method Man & Redman. Sting and Marc Anthony also debuted in the local Top 10, where spots were quickly vacated by Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos, Chris Cornell and Barbra Streisand.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Blackout, Method Man & Redman (3) -- 2 Supernatural, Santana (4) 3 3 Garth Brooks . . .In the Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks (2) -- 4 Brand New Day, Sting (15) -- 5 Marc Anthony, Marc Anthony (8) -- 6 Human Clay, Creed (1) -- 7 Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera (6) 5 8 Baby, One More Time, Britney Spears (7) 9 9 Millennium, Backstreet Boys (5) 7 10 Enema of the State, Blink-182 (22) 12

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Heartbreaker, Mariah Carey (1) -- 2 Music of My Heart, Gloria Estefan featuring ‘N Sync (2) -- 3 I Want It All, Warren G (9) 2 4 I Need to Know, Marc Anthony (6) 3 5 Smooth, Santana (3) 4 6 She’s All I Ever Had, Ricky Martin (11) 5 7 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston (5) 6 8 Lost in You, Garth Brooks (8) 8 9 Bailamos, Enrique Iglesias (15) 7 10 If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time, R. Kelly (4) 20

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Oct. 9