Count ‘Em In

More alternative rock albums are making the Top 10 these days. The latest to swoop in is Counting Crows’ “August and Everything After,” which debuted at No. 6 on The Times’ Southern California chart--a notch ahead of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream.” Ace of Base just missed having two singles in the pop Top 10. Its new “Sign” is No. 8, while long-running “All That She Wants” is No. 11. Speaking of long-running hits, if you can believe it, Tag Team’s “Whoomp! There It Is”--a hot single last summer--is still selling: No. 16 on the local chart and No. 4 nationally.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (2) 2 3 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (26) 3 4 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (11) 4 5 Very Necessary, Salt-N-Pepa (10) 13 6 August &. . .After, Counting Crows (13) -- 7 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (18) 10 8 janet., Janet Jackson (4) 9 9 Vs., Pearl Jam (7) 5 10 Colour of My Love, Celine Dion (20) 14

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 So Much in Love, All-4-Love (24) 1 2 All for Love, Adams/Stewart/Sting (1) 2 3 Power of Love, Celine Dion (2) 3 4 Getto Jam, Domino (3) 4 5 Whatta Man, Salt-N-Pepa (5) 9 6 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (6) 7 7 Hero, Mariah Carey (8) 5 8 Sign, Ace of Base (14) 12 9 Gangsta Lean, DRS (11) 8 10 Understanding, Xscape (9) 11

TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (1) 1 2 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (3) 2 3 Very Necessary, Salt-N-Pepa (2) 3 4 Old School, Old School (20) 4 5 Domino, Domino (4) 7 6 Get In Where Ya Fit In, Too Short (8) 5 7 It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187 Killa, Eazy-E (5) 6 8 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (6) 8 9 Midnight. . ., A Tribe Called Quest (7) 9 10 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (10) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 23