Brooks vs. Beatles

Like the rest of the country, Los Angeles is caught in the grip of Beatlemania. “The Beatles Anthology 1,” a two-CD collection of rarities that also includes the first “new” song by the Fab Four since 1970, is No. 1 on The Times’ Southern California album chart. Its strong first week overshadowed a successful debut by Garth Brooks’ “Fresh Horses,” which trails only the Beatles’ album on the local and national album charts and is No. 1 on the national and local country album charts.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Beatles Anthology 1, Beatles (1) -- 2 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (2) -- 3 Daydream, Mariah Carey (3) 2 4 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (5) 1 5 The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bruce Springsteen (11) -- 6 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (14) 4 7 Christmas in the Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (4) -- 8 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (6) 8 9 Something to Remember, Madonna (15) 5 10 Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins (9) 6

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Hey Lover, LL Cool J (3) 2 3 Exhale, Whitney Houston (2) 3 4 Set U Free, Planet Soul (39) 4 5 Fantasy, Mariah Carey (9) 5 6 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (4) 6 7 You’ll See, Madonna (10) -- 8 Tell Me, Groove Theory (13) 7 9 You Remind Me. . ., R. Kelly (5) 8 10 Ridin’ Low, L.A.D. (69) 19

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TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (1) -- 2 Greatest Hits, Vince Gill (3) -- 3 Greatest Hits, Alan Jackson (2) 1 4 Starting Over, Reba McEntire (6) 2 5 Woman in Me, Shania Twain (4) 3 6 The Hits, Garth Brooks (7) 4 7 All I Want, Tim McGraw (5) 6 8 Gone, Dwight Yoakam (15) 5 9 Now That I’ve Found Out, Alison Krauss (16) 10 10 Games Rednecks Play, Jeff Foxworthy (8) 7

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 26