The exclusive Ventura County music charts are...

The exclusive Ventura County music charts are compiled for The Times from information supplied by SoundScan Inc., the music industry’s leading sales-reporting service. The rankings are based on actual sales in Ventura County.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 In Utero, Nirvana (3) 1 2 Blind Melon, Blind Melon (9) 3 3 Songs of the Eagles, Common Thread (10) -- 4 Music Box, Mariah Carey (5) 4 5 Janet, Janet Jackson (6) 2 6 Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (23) 17 7 Bat Out of Hell: Back Into, Meatloaf (1) -- 8 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (13) 20 9 River of Dreams, Billy Joel (4) 8 10 Judgment Night, Soundtrack (17) -- 11 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (14) 19 12 Unplugged & Seated, Rod Stewart (16) 10 13 LA Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Whit Zombie (26) -- 14 Greatest Hits-Vol 2, Reba McEntire (7) 7 15 Easy Come Easy Go, George Strait (8) 5 16 Promises & Lies, UB40 (34) 15 17 In Pieces, Garth Brooks (2) 6 18 Begger Better Faster More!, Four Non-Blondes (42) 14 19 Everybody Else Is Doing It So, Cranberries (28) -- 20 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (11) --

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Indo Smoke, Mista Grimm (44) 4 2 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (2) 1 3 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane (6) 10 4 Mega Medley, Zapp & Roger (53) 5 5 If, Jackson Janet (22) -- 6 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (4) 16 7 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (3) 3 8 I Get Around, Two-Pac (10) 2 9 Check Yo Self, Ice Cube (38) 12 10 I’ll Do Anything for Love, Meatloaf (1) 14 11 Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill (23) 13 12 Cryin, Aerosmith (12) 16 13 Soul to Squeeze, Red Hot Chili Peppers (11) 7 14 Dream Lover, Mariah Carey (5) 9 15 Let Me Ride, Dr. Dre (28) 11 16 Very Special, Big Daddy Kane (47) 8 17 Anniversary, Tony! Toni! Tone! (8) 6 18 I’m Gonna Be, Proclaimers (36) -- 19 Right Here/Dowtown, SWV (15) 18 20 Boom!, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (9) --

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending October 17