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 Lethal Injection, Ice Cube (5) -- 2 Music Box, Mariah Carey (1) 2 3 Pearl Jam, VS. (3) 3 4 Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg (2) 1 5 Duets, Frank Sinatra (7) 4 6 Janet, Janet Jackson (8) 5 7 One Thing, Michael Bolton (6) 8 8 Songs of the Eagles, Common Thread (9) 7 9 Beavis & Butt-Head Experience, Beavis & Butt-Head (12) 10 10 Spaghetti Incident?, Guns N’ Roses (15) 6 11 River of Dreams, Billy Joel (10) -- 12 So Far So Good, Bryan Adams (11) 11 13 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (19) 9 14 Let There Be Peace On Earth, Vince Gill (17) 17 15 Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into, Meatloaf (4) 15 16 When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. (14) -- 17 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (28) 12 18 Soundtrack, Sleepless In Seattle (25) -- 19 Christmas Album, David Foster (48) -- 20 MTV Unplugged, Ten Thousand Maniacs (22) 19

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gangsta, D.R.S. (5) 1 2 Hero, Mariah Carey (3) 2 3 What’s My Name, Snoop Doggy Dogg (6) 14 4 I’d Do Anything For Love, Meatloaf (4) 9 5 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton (10) 7 6 All For Love, Bryan Adams (7) 15 7 Again, Janet Jackson (2) 3 8 All She Wants, Ace of Base (1) 4 9 Keep Ya Head Up, Two-Pac (12) 13 10 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa (9) 5 11 Indo Smoke, Mista Grimm (77) 11 12 Just Kickin’ It, Xscape (13) 8 13 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (8) 10 14 Slow & Easy, Zapp & Roger (58) 12 14 Said I Love You...But I Lied, Michael Bolton (11) -- 14 County Line, Coolio (160) 6 17 Time & Chance, Color Me Badd (20) 17 18 Can We Talk, Tevin Campbell (14) 20 19 Real Mutha...G’s, Eazy-E (24) -- 20 Soul To Squeeze, Red Hot Chili (40) --

Source: (Copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 12