Guns N’ Roses Blazing and Blooming

Guns N’ Roses may have the Nos. 1 and 2 albums on the Billboard magazine pop chart in the next week or two. Remarkably, the band already has two in the Top 5--”Appetite for Destruction” (No. 2) and “G N’ R Lies” (No. 5). Living Colour, the black rock band, has one of the fastest-rising albums on the chart--Vivid (No. 34). Though Tiffany’s album, “Hold an Old Friend’s Hand” (No. 17) isn’t in the Top 10, it’s still a big seller. This week it passed the million-units sold mark. Sheriff’s “When I’m With You” is the new No. 1 pop single.

* Singer Rick Astley, probably the biggest male dance-music star, may be suffering from a deficit in respect, but not in money. He has a hot new album, “Hold Me in Your Arms,” at No. 37 after two weeks.

POP LP CHART

Rank Rank 2 Weeks Title (Label) Last Week Weeks Ago on Chart 1. “Don’t Be Cruel” 1 1 29 Bobby Brown (MCA) 2. “Appetite for Destruction” 2 2 76 Guns N’ Roses (Geffen) 3. “Traveling Wilburys” 3 7 13 Traveling Wilburys (Warner Bros.) 4. “Open Up and Say ... Ahh!” 5 3 38 Poison (Enigma/Capitol) 5. “G N’ R Lies” 7 10 8 Guns N’ Roses (Geffen) * “Hold Me in Your Arms” 108 ... 2 Rick Astley (RCA)