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 Dookie, Green Day (2) 1 2 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (3) 2 3 Hits, Garth Brooks (1) 5 4 II, Boyz II Men (4) 3 5 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (5) 4 6 Crazysexycool, TLC (7) 8 7 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (6) 11 8 Sade, Best of (23) 7 9 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (17) 6 10 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (10) 10 11 Throwing Copper, Live (25) 17 12 Immortal Beloved, soundtrack (90) 16 13 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (24) 12 14 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (18) 12 15 Deep House Party Volume 2, various artists (-) - 16 Smash, Offspring (9) 9 17 Monster, R.E.M. (14) 19 18 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (19) 15 19 Weezer, Weezer (16) 20 20 My Life, Mary J. Blige (8) 18

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (59) 5 2 Creep, TLC (1) 1 3 Take a Bow, Madonna (8) 3 4 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 5 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (3) 4 6 Constantly, Immature (9) 10 7 Another Night, Real McCoy (2) 6 8 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (5) 7 9 I Miss You, N II U (16) 13 10 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (17) 11 11 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (18) 9 12 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (4) 12 13 Breakdown, Fu-Schnickens (77) 15 14 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (41) 8 15 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (10) 14 16 Cocktales, Too Short (27) - 17 Big Poppa, Notorious B.I.G. (14) 20 18 If You Love Me, Brownstone (13) 17 19 Sweetest Days, Vanessa Williams (24) - 20 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (28) -

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 22