Valley Pop Music Charts

The exclusive Valley music charts are compiled for the Los Angeles Times from information supplied by SoundScan Inc., the music industry’s leading sales-reporting service. The rankings are based on actual sales in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys and in Glendale.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (1) - 2 Rhythm of Love, Anita Baker (3) - 3 II, Boyz II Men (2) 1 4 3 Tenors ..., Carreras/Domingo/Pavorotti (13) 2 5 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (8) 13 6 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (7) 3 7 Dookie, Green Day (5) 4 8 Lion King, soundtrack (4) 5 9 Segundo Romance, Luis Miguel (47) 6 10 Smash, Offspring (6) 8 11 August and Everything After, Counting Crows (12) 9 12 Natural Born Killers, soundtrack (21) 16 13 Sign, Ace of Base (10) 11 14 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (9) 10 15 Candlebox, Candlebox (11) 12 16 Superunknown, Soundgarden (18) 14 17 Creepin On ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (15) 20 18 Live at the Acropolis, Yanni (26) 17 19 Secret World Live, Peter Gabriel (23) - 20 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (36) -

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (1) 1 2 At Your Best (You Are Love), Aaliyah (5) 2 3 Endless Love, Luther Vandross/Mariah Carey (3) 6 4 When Can I See You, Babyface (9) 4 5 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters (15) 9 5 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (2) 3 7 Bop Gun, Ice Cube (13) 5 8 Another Night, Real McCoy (29) 15 9 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (52) - 10 Nappy Heads, Fugees (57) 13 11 I Swear, All-4-One (12) 8 12 Never Lie, Immature (6) 19 13 Thuggish Ruggish Bone, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (23) - 14 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (11) 13 15 This D.J., Warren G. (7) 11 16 I’ll Be Loving You, Collage (151) - 17 Funkdafied, Da Brat (17) 11 18 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (10) 10 18 Black Superman, Above the Law (127) - 20 Sukiyaki, 4 p.m. (For Positive Music) (128) -

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Sept. 18