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 (5) 4 2 Dookie, Green Day (4) 1 3 II, Boyz II Men (2) 2 4 Balance, Van Halen (3) 3 5 Throwing Copper, Live (12) 7 6 Hits, Garth Brooks (1) 6 7 Boys on the Side, soundtrack (18) 20 8 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (15) 5 9 Crazysexycool, TLC (6) 8 10 Immortal Beloved, soundtrack (64) 11 11 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (13) 10 12 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (9) 11 13 Long Black Veil, Chieftans (26) 16 14 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (8) 13 15 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (14) 15 16 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (7) - 17 Smash, Offspring (10) - 18 Sade, Best of (30) 14 19 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (19) - 20 Weezer, Weezer (21) -

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Take a Bow, Madonna (4) 1 2 Creep, TLC (2) 3 3 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (15) 5 4 Baby, Brandy (1) 4 5 If You Think You’re Lonely ..., K-Ci Hailey (8) - 6 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (82) 2 7 Foe the Love of $, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (25) - 8 I Miss You, N II U (20) 7 8 Candy Rain, Soul for Real (3) 16 10 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (23) 10 11 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (9) 6 12 If You Love Me, Brownstone (5) 14 13 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (13) 12 14 Another Night, Real McCoy (6) 10 15 Constantly, Immature (14) 8 16 Big Poppa, Notorious B.I.G. (7) 9 17 Breakdown, Fu-Schnickens (92) 15 18 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (19) 12 19 Sweetest Days, Vanessa Williams (27) - 20 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (10) 18

* Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Feb. 12