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 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (3) 1 2 Miracles, The Holiday Album, Kenny G (1) - 3 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (5) 2 4 II, Boyz II Men (2) 4 5 Duets II, Frank Sinatra (9) 6 6 Fields of Gold, Sting (20) 3 7 Sade, Best of (15) 5 8 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (4) 16 9 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (19) - 9 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (31) 7 11 Smash, Offspring (6) 12 12 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (33) 9 13 Dookie, Green Day (10) 20 14 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (14) 14 15 Monster, R.E.M. (12) 11 16 From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (17) 15 17 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (25) 13 18 3 Tenors ... , Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti (49) - 19 Wildflowers, Tom Petty (8) 17 20 The Lion King, soundtrack (7) -

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 1 2 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 3 3 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (3) 2 4 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (32) 4 5 Creep, TLC (2) 9 6 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (12) 5 7 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (8) 7 8 Another Night, Real McCoy (5) 11 9 Secret, Madonna (13) 6 10 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (10) 19 11 Never Lie, Immature (16) 10 12 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (19) 7 13 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (40) 17 14 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (7) 14 15 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (18) 12 16 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (15) 16 17 Always, Bon Jovi (4) 13 18 Black Superman, Above the Law (133) 15 19 I Never Seen a Man Cry, Scarface (33) 18 20 Constantly, Immature (23) 20

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 27