Xzibit Shows He Can Outpace Backstreet Boys, if Not Beatles

Xzibit couldn’t beat the Beatles, but the Los Angeles-based rapper outpaced the Backstreet Boys and the rest of the pack on the Southern California sales chart with his third album, which boasts Dr. Dre as executive producer and Eminem and Snoop Dogg as guest performers. The album finished No. 14 nationally, with total sales of more than 204,000.

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TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 1 the Beatles (1) 1 2 Restless Xzibit (14) -- 3 Black Backstreet Boys (2) 2 & Blue 4 Lovers Sade (12) 4 Rock 5 Now That’s various (3) 5 What I Call Music 5 6 Human Clay Creed (4) 6 7 Chocolate Limp Bizkit (8) 7 Starfish 8 Oops . . . Britney Spears (5) 8 I Did It Again 9 No Strings ‘N Sync (9) 11 Attached10 All That U2 (20) 9 You Can’t Leave BehindET

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Liquid Dreams O-Town (2) 1 2 He Loves U Not Dream (1) 2 3 Independent

Woman Pt. 1 Destiny’s Child (3) 4 4 Case of Mya (4) 3 the Ex 5 Dance With Me Debelah Morgan (5) 5 6 So in Love Mikaila (7) 7 With Two 7 South Side Moby (15) 10 8 Mamacita Public Announcement (9) 8 9 Music Madonna (12) 11 10 Gotta Tell You Samantha Mumba (10) 6

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Dec. 17.