The exclusive Valley music charts are compiled...

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 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (1) - 2 Murder Was the Case, soundtrack (3) 2 3 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (7) 1 4 II, Boyz II Men (2) 3 5 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (22) 4 6 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (15) 6 7 From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (10) 9 8 Wildflowers, Tom Petty (8) - 9 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (13) 7 10 Smash, Offspring (5) 11 11 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me, Gloria Estefan (18) 5 12 Monster, R.E.M. (9) 8 13 Youthanasia, Megadeth (4) - 14 Dookie, Green Day (14) 12 15 Amorica, Black Crowes (11) - 16 Big Ones, Aerosmith (6) - 17 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (30) - 18 Rhythm of Love, Anita Baker (21) 19 19 Turbulent Indigo, Joni Mitchell (64) 14 20 Pisces Iscariot, Smashing Pumpkins (34)

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 1 2 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (27) 2 3 Never Lie, Immature (6) 4 4 Another Night, Real McCoy (8) 5 5 I Wanna Be Down, Brandi (5) 3 6 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (21) 13 7 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (7) 9 8 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (3) 6 9 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (11) 8 10 Secret, Madonna (13) 7 11 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (57) 10 12 At Your Best (You are Love), Aaliyah (14) 11 13 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (19) 16 14 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (10) 12 15 Always, Bon Jovi (2) 17 16 Juicy, Notorious B.I.G. (28) - 17 Endless Love, Luther Vandross/Mariah Carey (18) 15 18 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (20) 14 19 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters (25) - 20 You Want This, Janet Jackson (15) 20

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 6