Sting Is Back in Fast Lanes of Southland

Sting’s back-seat snooze in that Jaguar TV commercial continues to pay dividends on the charts--especially in Southern California, where the rock aristocrat’s album and single have both returned to the Top 10, a showing much higher than their positions on the national charts.

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 Riding With the King, Eric Clapton/B.B. King (3) -- 4 No Strings Attached, ‘N Sync (5) 3 5 Mad Season, Matchbox Twenty (8) 5 6 Supernatural, Santana (10) 7 7 History of Rock, Kid Rock (4) 4 8 Infest, Papa Roach (12) -- 9 Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, various (11) 6 10 Brand New Day, Sting (24) 14

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Can’t Take That Away, Mariah Carey (2) 1 2 Solo Me Importas Tu, Enrique Iglesias (1) 2 3 I Turn to You, Christina Aguilera (3) -- 4 You Sang to Me, Marc Anthony (6) 3 5 Swear It Again, Westlife (4) 5 6 Simple Kind of Life, No Doubt (8) -- 7 Purest of Pain, Son by Four (13) 7 8 Desert Rose, Sting (23) 11 9 Mirror Mirror, M2M (7) 9 10 Back Here, BBMak (5) 6

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended June 18