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 Chant, Benedictine Monks (5) 2 2 Division Bell, Pink Floyd (4) 1 3 August and Everything After, Counting Crows (6) 4 4 Soundtrack, Crow (15) 17 5 Superunknown, Soundgarden (18) 3 6 Sign, Ace of Base (3) 7 7 Read My Mind, Reba McEntire (2) 19 8 Soundtrack, Above the Rim (7) 5 9 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (16) 6 10 Colour of My Love, Celine Dion (11) 10 11 Longing In Their Hearts, Bonnie Raitt (9) -- 12 Music Box, Mariah Carey (13) -- 13 God Shuffled His Feet, Crash Test Dummies (17) -- 14 Live At The Acropolis, Yanni (14) -- 15 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (10) 20 16 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (29) -- 17 Sountrack, Reality Bites (25) 15 18 Smash, Offspring (--) 12 18 Far Beyond Driven, Pantera (39) 13 20 Cross of Changes, Enigma (12) 8

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’ll Remember, Madonna (4) 6 2 Ace of Base, Sign (3) 2 3 Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Prince (6) 1 4 Back in the Day, Ahmad (13) 10 5 Regulate, Warren G. & Nate Dogg (10) 3 6 I Swear, All-4-One (2) -- 7 Return To Innocence, Enigma (8) 5 8 Back in the Day, Dred Scott (77) 10 9 Loser, Beck (7) 7 10 Without You/Never Forget You, Mariah Carey (21) 13 11 I’m Ready, Tevin Campbell (17) 16 12 Something to Ride To, Conscious Daughters (40) 15 13 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Crash Test Dummies (5) 9 14 Anything, SWV (19) 14 15 Power of Love, Celine Dion (24) 17 16 Bump ‘N’ Grind, R. Kelly (1) 4 17 Born To Roll, Masta Ace Incorporated (25) 18 18 Now & Forever, Richard Marx (34) 12 19 Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen (32) 20 20 You Know How We Do It, Ice Cube (28) --

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending May 8