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Janet Jackson has joined brother Michael in The Times’ Southern California singles chart. “Runaway”--one of two new songs from her 16-track “Design of a Decade: 1986-96” greatest-hits album, due next month--debuted at No. 6 in the local chart and No. 8 in the national chart. It sold 41,000 copies in its first week in release, according to SoundScan, while Michael’s “You Are Not Alone,” which is No. 2 in both charts, sold 125,000 copies the same week. The nation’s No. 1 single, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” sold 212,000 copies.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (3) 2 3 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (2) 3 4 Dreaming of You, Selena (11) 5 5 The Show, soundtrack (4) 4 6 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs (5) 7 7 Seal (94), Seal (16) 6 8 Four, Blues Traveler (10) 11 9 CrazySexyCool, TLC (6) 10 10 Tigerlily, Natalie Merchant (18) 9

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (1) 1 2 You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson (2) 2 3 Boombastic/In the Summertime, Shaggy (3) 4 4 Colors of the Wind, Vanessa Williams (7) 3 5 I Got 5 on It, Luniz (4) 9 6 Runaway, Janet Jackson (8) -- 7 1st Day of Tha Month, Bone Thugs (9) 6 8 Kiss From a Rose, Seal (6) 5 9 Summertime in the LBC, Dove Shack (49) 8 10 He’s Mine, Mokenstef (13) 10

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Woman in Me, Shania Twain (1) 1 2 Games Rednecks Play, Jeff Foxworthy (2) 2 3 Hits, Garth Brooks (4) 3 4 It Matters to Me, Faith Hill (6) -- 5 I Think About You, Collin Raye (5) 5 6 John Michael Montgomery, John Michael Montgomery (3) 4 7 Now That I’ve Found You, Alison Krauss (7) 6 8 You Might Be a Redneck If. . ., Jeff Foxworthy (8) 7 9 Greatest Hits, Lorrie Morgan (9) 8 10 Something Special, Dolly Parton (11) --

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 3