CASH BOX TOP 200 POP ALBUMS
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K		 THE BODYGUARD (Arista 18699)
...... Original Soundtrack / Whitney Houston, et al.		  1  6
TIMELESS (The Classics) (Columbia 52783)
...... Michael Bolton		  2 11
THE CHASE (Liberty 98743)
...... Garth Brooks		  3 13
SOME GAVE ALL (Mercury 510 635)
...... Billy Ray Cyrus		  4 31
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (A&M 0001)
...... Amy Grant		  5 10
UNPLUGGED (Reprise/Duck 45024)
...... Eric Clapton		  6 17
A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS 2 (A&M 0003)
...... Various Artists		  7  7
THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM (Columbia 52914)
...... Neil Diamond		  8  9
BREATHLESS (Arista 18646)
...... Kenny G		  9  5
BEYOND THE SEASON (Liberty 98742)
...... Garth Brooks		 10 16
PURE COUNTRY (MCA 10651)
...... Original Soundtrack / George Strait		 11 13
THE PREDATOR (Priority 57185)
...... Ice Cube		 12  5
AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE (Warner Bros. 45138)
...... R.E.M.		 13 11
LOVE DELUXE (Epic 53178)
...... Sade		 14  7
TEN (Epic Associated 47857)
...... Pearl Jam		 15 54
WHAT’S THE 411? (Uptown/MCA 10681)
...... Mary J. Blige		 16 20
GREATEST HITS (Epic 53046)
...... Gloria Estefan		 17  6
TOTALLY KROSSED OUT (Ruffhouse/Columbia 48710)
...... Kris Kross		 18 38
BOBBY (MCA 10417)
...... Bobby Brown		 19 17
EROTICA (Maverick/Sire 45031)
...... Madonna		 20  9
BRAND NEW MAN (Arista 18658)
...... Brooks & Dunn		 21 12
ALADDIN (Walt Disney 60846)
...... Original Soundtrack		 22  5
FUNKY DIVAS (EastWest America 92121)
...... En Vogue		 23 39
HARD OR SMOOTH (MCA 10566)
...... Wreckx-N-Effect		 24  3
KEEP THE FAITH (Jambco/Mercury 514 045)
...... Bon Jovi		 25  7
NO FENCES (Liberty 93866)
...... Garth Brooks		 26120
THE ONE (MCA 10614)
...... Elton John		 27 26
I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU (MCA 10630)
...... Vince Gill		 28 15
METALLICA (Elektra 61113)
...... Metallica		 29 71
OOOOOOOHHH...ON THE TLC TIP (LaFace 26003)
...... TLC		 30 43
BOOMERANG (LaFace 26006)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		 31 24
MOODS & MOMENTS (Curb 77556)
...... Wayne Newton		 32 24
CHIPMUNKS IN LOW PLACES (Epic/Chipmunk 53006)
...... Alvin & Chipmunks		 33  9
ROPIN’ THE WIND (Liberty 96330)
...... Garth Brooks		 34 67
WYNONNA (Curb/MCA 10529)
...... Wynonna		 35 37
3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS & 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF... (Chrysalis 21929)
...... Arrested Development		 36 37
25 (Columbia 53172)
...... Harry Connick Jr.		 37  4
A LOT ABOUT LIVIN’ (And A Little ’Bout Love) (Arista 18711)
...... Alan Jackson		 38 10
POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE (Epic Associated 47461)
...... Spin Doctors		 39 21
LIVE / THE WAY WE WALK (Volume One: The Shorts) (Atlantic 82452)
...... Genesis		 40  4
COOLEYHIGHHARMONY (Motown 6320)
...... Boyz II Men		 41 84
GREATEST HITS (Hollywood 61265)
...... Queen		 42 13
LIVE (Atco 92212)
...... AC/DC		 43  8
TIME, LOVE & TENDERNESS (Columbia 46771)
...... Michael Bolton		 44 87
HARVEST MOON (Reprise 45057)
...... Neil Young		 45  8
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Walt Disney 60618)
...... Original Soundtrack		 46 56
DIRT (Columbia 52475)
...... Alice In Chains		 47 12
HOUSE OF PAIN (Tommy Boy 1056)
...... House Of Pain		 48 20
THE HEIGHTS (Capitol 80328)
...... TV Soundtrack		 49  8
ACHTUNG BABY (Island 510 347)
...... U2		 50 57
WHAT HITS!? (EMI 94762)
...... Red Hot Chili Peppers		 51 11
CAN’T RUN FROM YOURSELF (Liberty 98987)
...... Tanya Tucker		 52 10
DIVA (Arista 18704)
...... Annie Lennox		 53 31
ADRENALIZE (Mercury/Bludgeon Riffola 512 185)
...... Def Leppard		 54 38
US (Geffen 24473)
...... Peter Gabriel		 55 12
SEMINOLE WIND (BNA 61029)
...... John Anderson		 56 44
AMERICAN PRIDE (RCA 66044)
...... Alabama		 57 19
SISTER ACT (Hollywood 61334)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		 58 27
Prince Symbol (Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 45037)
...... Prince & New Power Generation		 59 10
COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION (Capitol/Combat 98531)
...... Megadeth		 60 23
HEARTS IN ARMOR (MCA 10641)
...... Trisha Yearwood		 61 15
USE YOUR ILLUSION I (Geffen/Uzi Suicide 24415)
...... Guns N’ Roses		 62 66
OUR TIME IN EDEN (Elektra 61385)
...... 10,000 Maniacs		 63 12
GARTH BROOKS (Liberty 90897)
...... Garth Brooks		 64138
MTV UNPLUGGED EP (Columbia 52758)
...... Mariah Carey		 65 29
COME ON COME ON (Columbia 48881)
...... Mary-Chapin Carpenter		 66 24
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (Epic Soundtrax 52845)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		 67 19
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Warner Bros. 45048)
...... Travis Tritt		 68 17
JON SECADA (SBK 98845)
...... Jon Secada		 69 22
THE HARD WAY (RCA 66003)
...... Clint Black		 70 22
USE YOUR ILLUSION II (Geffen/Uzi Suicide 24420)
...... Guns N’ Roses		 71 66
FOR MY BROKEN HEART (MCA 10400)
...... Reba McEntire		 72 64
SHEPHERD MOONS (Reprise 26775)
...... Enya		 73 58
BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK (Warner Bros. 26681)
...... Red Hot Chili Peppers		 74 65
SINGLES (Epic Soundtrax 52476)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		 75 25
LUCK OF THE DRAW (Capitol 96111)
...... Bonnie Raitt		 76 78
FEAR (Columbia 47309)
...... Toad The Wet Sprocket		 77 21
TEMPLE OF THE DOG (A&M 5350)
...... Temple Of The Dog		 78 25
NEVERMIND (DGC/Sub Pop 24425)
...... Nirvana		 79 65
A ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS (GTS 4569)
...... John Tesh		 80  3
HEART IN MOTION (A&M 5321)
...... Amy Grant		 81 94
BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 (Giant 24465)
...... TV Soundtrack / Various Artists		 82  8
GUERILLAS IN THA MIST (Street Knowledge / EastWest America 92206)
...... Da Lench Mob		 83 13
WE CAN’T DANCE (Atlantic 82344)
...... Genesis		 84 58
DON’T TREAD (Warner Bros. 45025)
...... Damn Yankees		 85 19
GREATEST HITS VOLUME TWO (Warner Bros. 45045)
...... Randy Travis		 86 13
DON’T ROCK THE JUKEBOX (Arista 8681)
...... Alan Jackson		 87 84
WATCH ME (BNA 66047)
...... Lorrie Morgan		 88  9
CLASSIC QUEEN (Hollywood 61311)
...... Queen		 89 41
III SIDES TO EVERY STORY (A&M 0006)
...... Extreme		 90 13
GREATEST HITS PLUS (Columbia 52753)
...... Ricky Van Shelton		 91 18
WAKING UP THE NEIGHBOURS (A&M 5367)
...... Bryan Adams		 92 65
CELINE DION (Epic 52473)
...... Celine Dion		 93 38
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Morgan Creek 20015)
...... Original Soundtrack / Trevor Jones / Randy Edelman		 94 10
NO MORE TEARS (Epic Associated 46795)
...... Ozzy Osbourne		 95 66
HERE COMES TROUBLE (Atco 91759)
...... Bad Company		 96 12
GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE (Warner Bros. 45044)
...... Randy Travis		 97 13
X-TRA NAKED (Epic 52464)
...... Shabba Ranks		 98 11
AMERICA’S LEAST WANTED (Stardog/Mercury 512 571)
...... Ugly Kid Joe		 99 15
THE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION (Def American 26976)
...... Black Crowes		100 32
SONGS OF FREEDOM (Tuff Gong/Island 12290)
...... Bob Marley		101 10
PERFECTLY FRANK (Columbia 52965)
...... Tony Bennett		102 13
INGENUE (Sire/Warner Bros. 26840)
...... k.d. lang		103 40
HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (Fox 11000)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		104  3
A TRAVIS TRITT CHRISTMAS – LOVING TIME OF THE YEAR (Warner Bros. 45029)
...... Travit Tritt		105  5
WALLS CAN FALL (MCA 10652)
...... George Jones		106  7
MTV: PARTY TO GO VOLUME 2 (Tommy Boy 1053)
...... Various Artists		107 23
DANGEROUS (Epic 45400)
...... Michael Jackson		108 56
WHUT? THEE ALBUM (RAL/Chaos 52967)
...... Redman		109 10
PATTY SMYTH (MCA 10633)
...... Patty Smyth		110 17
MEANTIME (Interscope 92162)
...... Helmet		111 19
THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (Sire/Warner Bros. 26440)
...... Madonna		112110
POP! – THE FIRST 20 HITS (Sire/Reprise/Mute 45153)
...... Erasure		113  3
TRESPASS (Sire/Warner Bros. 26978)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		114  3
FOREVER MY LADY (Uptown/MCA 10198)
...... Jodeci		115 65
BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (Columbia 53165)
...... Original Soundtrack		116  3
BACK TO THE HOTEL (Profile 1427)
...... N2Deep		117 25
UNFORGETTABLE WITH LOVE (Elektra 61049)
...... Natalie Cole		118 80
LONGNECKS & SHORT STORIES (MCA 10530)
...... Mark Chesnutt		119 37
WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY (Liberty 98818)
...... Chris LeDoux		120 19
EAST COAST FAMILY VOLUME 1 (Biv 10/Motown 6352)
...... Various Artists		121 19
THE VERY BEST...AND BEYOND (Atlantic 89999)
...... Foreigner		122 12
BROKEN (Interscope/TVT/Nothing 92213)
...... Nine Inch Nails		123 13
HOMEWARD LOOKING ANGEL (Arista 18649)
...... Pam Tillis		124 11
SHADOWS AND LIGHT (SBK 98924)
...... Wilson Phillips		125 28
IN THIS LIFE (Epic 48983)
...... Collin Raye		126 16
GREATEST HITS (Warner Bros. 26846)
...... Z Z Top		127 35
MACK DADDY (Def American / Rhyme Cartel 26765)
...... Sir Mix-A-Lot		128 46
THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM (Columbia 52968)
...... Manhattan Transfer		129  3
WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE (Atlantic 82394)
...... INXS		130 20
THE MADMAN’S RETURN (Arista/Logic 18693)
...... Snap!		131  9
MCMXC a.D. (Charisma 86224)
...... Enigma		132 97
HOLD YOUR FIRE (Epic 48615)
...... Firehouse		133 26
SEXY VERSUS (Warner Bros. 26973)
...... Al B. Sure!		134 12
TAKIN’ MY TIME (Virgin 86349)
...... After 7		135 16
GRAVE DANCERS UNION (Columbia 48898)
...... Soul Asylum		136  6
DEAD SERIOUS (EastWest America 91827)
...... Das EFX		137 36
MALCOLM X (Qwest/Reprise 45130)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		138  5
THE JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM (Motown 6356)
...... Various Artists		139  4
VOICES IN THE WIND (Liberty 98585)
...... Suzy Bogguss		140  9
IT’S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE (Warner Bros. 26589)
...... Travis Tritt		141 82
REEL TO REEL (Elektra 61314)
...... Grand Puba		142  8
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER (Def American 24278)
...... Black Crowes		143145
WAYNE’S WORLD (Reprise 26805)
...... Original Soundtrack / Various Artists		144 44
BORN INTO THE 90’S (Jive 41469)
...... R. Kelly & Public Announcement		145 48
JACKYL (Geffen 24489)
...... Jackyl		146 12
THE COMFORT ZONE (Wing/Mercury 843 522)
...... Vanessa Williams		147 70
GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU (Columbia 53200)
...... Bob Dylan		148  6
C.M.B. (Giant/Reprise 24429)
...... Color Me Badd		149 74
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS – A MUSICAL FANTASY (Perspective 9000)
...... Sounds Of Blackness		150  2
CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Arista 18656)
...... Diamond Rio		151  6
HARD TO WET, EASY TO DRY (Columbia 52751)
...... Mad Cobra		152  8
LITTLE BIG MAN (Rap-A-Lot/Priority 57189)
...... Bushwick Bill		153 11
FROM THE HEART (Epic 52436)
...... Doug Stone		154 18
PSALM 69 (Sire/Warner Bros. 26727)
...... Ministry		155 23
UNCUT DOPE: GETO BOYS BEST (Rap-A-Lot/Priority 57183)
...... Geto Boys		156  4
TOO LEGIT TO QUIT (Capitol 98151)
...... Hammer		157 54
THE EXTREMIST (Relativity 1043)
...... Joe Satriani		158 22
KEEP IT GOIN’ ON (Jive 41474)
...... Hi-Five		159 18
BIG IRON HORSES (RCA 66049)
...... Restless Heart		160  8
WHERE DEY AT? (Perspective 1003)
...... Lo-Key?		161  7
GREATEST MISSES (Def Jam/Chaos 53014)
...... Public Enemy		162 13
IN CONCERT (London 430 433)
...... Carreras-Domingo-Pavarotti		163100
SINATRA REPRISE: THE VERY GOOD YEARS (Reprise 26501)
...... Frank Sinatra		164 25
TREY LORENZ (Epic 47840)
...... Trey Lorenz		165 10
LIVE! (MCA 10691)
...... Patti LaBelle		166  5
NARADA CHRISTMAS COLLECTION VOLUME 2 (Narada 63909)
...... Various Artists		167  2
IN THE BEGINNING (Epic 53168)
...... Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble		168 10
FAT CITY (Columbia 47122)
...... Shawn Colvin		169  7
CHRISTMAS SONGS (Telarc 83315)
...... Mel Torme		170  2
BLIND (DGC 24479)
...... Sundays		171  8
HORMONALLY YOURS (London 828 266)
...... Shakespear’s Sister		172 20
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (Scarface 100)
...... Paris		173  3
EMPIRE (EMI 92806)
...... Queensryche		174120
FEMME FATALE (Giant 24452)
...... Miki Howard		175 13
FEEL THIS (Arista 18706)
...... Jeff Healey Band		176  6
MAIN OFFENDER (Virgin 86499)
...... Keith Richards		177  8
BACK TO FRONT (Motown 6338)
...... Lionel Richie		178 32
OUT OF TIME (Warner Bros. 26496)
...... R.E.M.		179 93
UPFRONT (Elektra 61272)
...... David Sanborn		180 33
RITES OF PASSAGE (Epic 48865)
...... Indigo Girls		181 32
RUSH STREET (Capitol 95874)
...... Richard Marx		182 57
99.9F° (A&M 0005)
...... Suzanne Vega		183 14
BUSINESS NEVER PERSONAL (RAL / Def Jam / Chaos 52848)
...... EPMD		184 20
DOG EAT DOG (Columbia 52584)
...... Warrant		185 16
SPELLBOUND (Virgin/Captive 86210)
...... Paula Abdul		186 74
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (Epic Associated 52959)
...... Rage Against The Machine		187  6
KING OF HEARTS (Virgin 86520)
...... Roy Orbison		188  2
NICK OF TIME (Capitol 91268)
...... Bonnie Raitt		189100
ARE YOU NORMAL? (Chaos / Furtive / Columbia 53154)
...... Ned’s Atomic Dustbin		190  5
LIVE AND LET DIE (Cold Chillin’ 5001)
...... Kool G & D. J. Polo		191  3
MOTHER LOVE BONE (Stardog/Mercury 512 884)
...... Mother Love Bone		192 13
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE (Interscope 92203)
...... Marky Mark & Funky Bunch		193 13
ABBA-ESQUE (Mute/Elektra 61386)
...... Erasure		194 24
PLEASE DON’T GO (The Album) (Next Plateau/London 828 368)
...... K.W.S.		195 11
HEAR! (MCA 10635)
...... Trixter		196  9
TIME FOR LOVE (Capitol 96859)
...... Freddie Jackson		197 18
THE COMMITMENTS (MCA 10286)
...... Original Soundtrack		198 71
IZZY STRADLIN & THE JU JU HOUNDS (Geffen 24490)
...... Izzy Stradlin & Ju Ju Hounds		199 10
TOURISM (EMI 99929)
...... Roxette		200 10
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