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 (4) 3 3 II, Boyz II Men (3) 5 4 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (5) 2 5 Hits, Garth Brooks (1) 4 6 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (16) 7 7 Sade, Best of (26) 6 8 Crazysexycool, TLC (8) 15 9 Smash, Offspring (6) 8 10 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (9) 9 11 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (10) 10 12 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (24) 11 12 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (19) 14 14 Fields of Gold, Sting (30) 12 15 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (18) 16 16 Immortal Beloved, soundtrack (105) - 17 Throwing Copper, Live (35) - 18 My Life, Mary J. Blige (7) - 19 Monster, R.E.M. (15) 13 20 Weezer, Weezer (20) 17

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Creep, TLC (1) 1 2 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 3 Take a Bow, Madonna (7) 4 4 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (3) 3 5 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (77) 11 6 Another Night, Real McCoy (2) 7 7 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (5) 6 8 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (37) 8 9 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (20) 16 10 Constantly, Immature (9) 5 11 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (21) 19 12 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (4) 9 13 I Miss You, N II U (18) 16 14 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (10) 10 15 Breakdown, Fu-Schnickens (73) 15 16 Always, Bon Jovi (8) 14 17 If You Love Me, Brownstone (14) - 18 Foolin’ Around, Changing Faces (22) - 19 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (24) - 20 Big Poppa, Notorious B.I.G. (16) -

* Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 15