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 Miracles, The Holiday Album, Kenny G (1) 3 2 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (2) 2 3 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 5 4 Live at the BBC, Beatles (7) 4 5 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (5) 6 6 II, Boyz II Men (6) 7 7 Dookie, Green Day (8) 10 8 Hits, Garth Brooks (3) - 9 Sade, Best of (26) 8 10 Duets II, Frank Sinatra (16) 9 11 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (20) 11 12 Fields of Gold, Sting (29) 12 13 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (10) 13 14 3 Tenors ..., Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti (28) 14 15 Smash, Offspring (9) 16 16 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (13) 18 17 Monster, R.E.M. (14) 17 18 The Lion King, soundtrack (11) 15 19 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (41) 19 20 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (19) -

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 1 2 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 3 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (3) 3 4 Creep, TLC (2) 4 5 Another Night, Real McCoy (4) 5 6 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (7) 8 7 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (8) 7 8 Always, Bon Jovi (5) 9 9 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (29) 6 10 Short ...Man, Twenty Fingers (9) 11 11 Take a Bow, Madonna (20) 13 12 Secret, Madonna (15) 10 13 Constantly, Immature (13) 14 14 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (17) 12 15 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (21) 16 16 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (16) 15 17 You Want This, Janet Jackson (12) - 18 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (11) 18 18 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (18) 19 20 I Never Seen a Man Cry, Scarface (23) -

Source: Copyright SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 18