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 Above the Rim, Soundtrack (3) 5 2 August and Everything After, Counting Crows (4) 6 3 Longing in Their Hearts, Bonnie Raitt (1) 2 4 Sign, Ace of Base (2) 7 5 Far Beyond Driven, Pantera (9) 1 6 Colour of My Love, Celine Dion (7) 9 7 Superunknown, Soundgarden (14) 4 8 Music Box, Mariah Carey (6) 14 9 Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains (26) 11 10 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (21) -- 11 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (22) 20 12 Beck, Mellow (19) 13 12 Live at the Acropolis, Yanni (10) 12 14 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (11) 19 15 Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails (30) 8 16 God Shuffled His Feet, Crash Test Dummies (12) 16 17 Vauxhall & I, Morrissey (41) 3 18 Philadelphia, Soundtrack (18) 10 19 Under the Pink, Tori Amos (32) -- 20 Cross of Changes, Enigma (16) --

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Prince (10) 3 2 Ace of Base, Sign (2) 4 3 Bump ‘N’ Grind, R. Kelly (1) 8 4 Power of Love, Celine Dion (8) 7 5 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Crash Test Dummies (3) 10 6 Without You/Never Forget You, Mariah Carey (6) 2 7 Stay, Eternal (34) 5 8 Because of Love, Janet Jackson (35) 12 9 So Much in Love, All-4-One (4) 11 10 Something to Ride To, Conscious Daughters (43) 9 11 Now & Forever, Richard Marx (12) 6 12 Loser, Beck (11) -- 13 Hey DJ, Lighter Shade of Brown (37) 16 14 Born to Roll, Masta Ace Incorporated (26) 15 15 Whatta Man, Salt-N-Pepa (9) 13 16 Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen (13) 17 17 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), Us3 (14) 1 18 Gin and Juice, Snoop Doggy Dogg (7) 14 19 All for Love, Bryan Adams (28) 19 20 You Know How We Do It, Ice Cube (23) 18

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending April 3