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 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (2) 3 2 Dookie, Green Day (4) 6 3 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (5) 2 4 Hits, Garth Brooks (1) 5 5 II, Boyz II Men (3) 4 6 Smash, Offspring (6) 16 7 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (7) 10 8 Sade, Best of (28) 9 9 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (10) 14 10 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (19) 11 11 Crazysexycool, TLC (12) - 12 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (32) 17 13 Fields of Gold, Sting (27) 15 14 Murder Was the Case, soundtrack (16) - 15 Monster, R.E.M. (14) 18 16 Big Ones, Aerosmith (8) - 17 Wildflowers, Tom Petty (9) - 18 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (51) - 19 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (17) 7 20 Live at the BBC, Beatles (30) 8

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TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (5) 1 2 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (2) 3 3 Creep, TLC (1) 4 4 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (6) 8 5 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (26) 6 6 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (9) 2 7 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (8) 9 8 Another Night, Real McCoy (3) 5 9 Take a Bow, Madonna (13) 13 10 Always, Bon Jovi (4) 7 11 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (7) 10 12 Constantly, Immature (10) 11 13 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (16) 12 14 Breakdown, Fu-Schnickens (73) - 15 Secret, Madonna (18) 14 16 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (20) 15 16 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (96) - 18 You Want This, Janet Jackson (12) - 19 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (25) 16 20 I Never Seen a Man Cry, Scarface (23) 19

* Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 1