Van Halen Hit No. 4, 'Titanic' Sails On

03/27/1998 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Haring

(3/27/98) - Van Halen and rappers Ice Cube and C-Murder could not top the soundtrack to Titanic, which stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the 11th consecutive week this week.

The Sony Classical release sold another 455,000 units for the week ending March 22nd, easily holding the top spot at the nation's record retailers, according to SoundScan figures. Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love (550 Music/Sony) climbed back to the No. 2 slot, selling 200,000 units.

Rapper C-Murder's Priority Records release Life Or Death sold 197,000 units, earning it a bow at No. 3, while Van Halen's Van Halen 3 (Warner Bros.) debuted at No. 4 with 191,000 units sold. Dropping down to No. 5, Madonna 's Maverick/ Warner Bros. album Ray Of Light moved 168,000 units in its third week of release.