The following are the top music sales...

The following are the top music sales in Orange County for the week of Oct. 16 as compiled by SoundScan Inc. Data is from retailers’ sales. The bottom chart rotates weekly.

Albums

Last week Nation 1. “Monster,” R.E.M. 2 2 2. “Smash,” Offspring 5 4 3. “From the Cradle,” Eric Clapton 4 3 4. “Tuesday Night Music Club,” Sheryl Crow 6 8 5. “Pisces Iscariot,” Smashing Pumpkins 1 10 6. “Dookie,” Green Day 7 5 7. “No Need to Argue,” The Cranberries 3 9 8. “II,” Boyz II Men 9 1 9. “The Lion King,” soundtrack 11 6 10. “Purple,” Stone Temple Pilots 13 13

Singles

Last week Nation 1. “Playaz Club,” Rappin’ 4-Tay 1 30 2. “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men 2 1 3. “Sukiyaki,” 4 p.m. 3 72 4. “Another Night,” Real McCoy 4 13 5. “Secret,” Madonna 5 14 6. “Never Lie,” Immature 7 3 7. “Endless Love,” Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey 6 2 8. “Bop Gun (This Nation),” Ice Cube 9 22 9. “I Wanna Be Down,” Brandy 19 5 10. “All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl Crow 8 9

Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums

Last week Nation 1. “Smash,” Offspring 2 1 2. “Pisces Iscariot,” Smashing Pumpkins 1 3 3. “Dookie,” Green Day 3 2 4. “Purple,” Stone Temple Pilots 5 4 5. “Candlebox,” Candlebox 4 5 6. “Natural Born Killers,” soundtrack 7 9 7. “Downward Spiral,” Nine Inch Nails 8 7 8. “Stranger Than Fiction,” Bad Religion 10 39 9. “Danzig 4,” Danzig 6 10 10. “Superunknown,” Soundgarden -- 6

Source: SoundScan