‘Notorious’ Lil’ Kim Debuts at No. 3

Lil’ Kim may be from Brooklyn, but she’s still notorious in Southern California. The raunchy-minded rapper’s sophomore album debuts at No. 3 in the Southland album sales tally, a notch higher than its arrival on the counterpart national chart. One Sacramento band, Papa Roach, climbs two spots to reach No. 7 this week while another one, the Deftones, slides six notches to No. 9.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (1) 1 2 Oops! . . . I Did It Again, Britney Spears (2) 2 3 Notorious K.I.M., Lil’ Kim (4) -- 4 Mirror Mirror, Kelly Price (5) -- 5 No Strings Attached, ‘N Sync (7) 6 6 Country Grammar, Nelly (3) -- 7 Infest, Papa Roach (9) 9 8 Riding With the King, Eric Clapton/B.B. King (10) 3 9 White Pony, Deftones (15) 3 10 Human Clay, Creed (6) 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 I Turn to You, Christina Aguilera (1) 1 2 Can’t Take That Away, Mariah Carey (2) 2 3 Simple Kind of Life, No Doubt (7) 4 4 Solo Me Importas Tu, Enrique Iglesias (3) 3 5 No More, Ruff Endz (6) -- 6 Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon (5) -- 7 Purest of Pain, Son by Four (11) 8 8 Swear It Again, Westlife (4) 7 9 Take That, Torrey Carter (13) 14 10 Flamboyant, Big L (20) 5

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended July 2