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 Vs., Pearl Jam (1) -- 2 Counterparts, Rush (2) -- 3 In Utero, Nirvana (4) 1 4 Songs of the Eagles, Common Thread (6) 3 5 It’s On (Dr. Dre 187) Killa, Eazy-E (5) -- 6 Blind Melon, Blind Melon (13) 2 7 Bat Out of Hell: Back Into, Meatloaf (3) 7 8 Janet, Janet Jackson (10) 5 9 Music Box, Mariah Carey (7) 4 10 Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (22) 6 11 LA Sexorcisto: Devil Music, White Zombie (30) 13 12 River of Dreams, Billy Joel (8) 9 13 Chaos A.D., Sepultura (32) -- 14 In Pieces, Garth Brooks (9) 17 15 Everybody Else Is Doing It So, Cranberries (28) 19 16 Greatest Hits-Vol 2, Reba McEntire (11) 14 17 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (19) 11 18 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Two-Pac (45) -- 19 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (21) 8 20 Sleepless In Seattle, Soundtrack (23) --

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (2) 2 2 Indo Smoke, Mista Grimm (40) 1 3 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane (8) 3 4 I’ll Do Anything for Love, Meatloaf (1) 10 5 Again, Jackson Janet (7) -- 6 I Get Around, Two-Pac (11) 8 7 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (5) 7 8 Mega Medley, Zapp & Roger (52) 4 9 All That She Wants, Ace of Base (3) 6 10 Another Sad Love Song, Toni Braxton (23) -- 11 Many Clouds of Smoke, Total Devastation (80) -- 12 Dream Lover, Mariah Carey (9) 14 13 Cryin, Aerosmith (17) 12 14 Gangsta Lean, D.R.S. (4) -- 15 Anniversary, Tony! Toni! Tone! (10) 17 16 Right Here/Dowtown, SWV (24) 19 17 Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill (30) 11 18 Very Special, Big Daddy Kane (53) 16 19 Let Me Ride, Dr. Dre (27) 15 20 Check Yo Self, Ice Cube (43) 9

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending October 24