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 No Toys for O.J., KROQ Kevin and Bean (57) - 2 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (1) - 3 Miracles, The Holiday Album, Kenny G (2) 1 4 Live at the BBC, Beatles (3) - 5 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (6) 2 6 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (4) 5 7 II, Boyz II Men (5) 4 8 Sade, Best of (22) 6 9 Duets II, Frank Sinatra (14) 3 10 Dookie, Green Day (7) 10 11 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (16) 11 12 Fields of Gold, Sting (28) 7 13 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (8) 8 14 3 Tenors ..., Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti (34) 15 15 The Lion King, soundtrack (9) 12 16 Smash, Offspring (10) 17 17 Monster, R.E.M. (13) 20 18 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (15) 18 19 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (41) 13 20 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger (20) 9

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 1 2 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 3 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (3) 3 4 Creep, TLC (2) 4 5 Another Night, Real McCoy (4) 7 6 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (29) 5 7 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (7) 6 8 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (8) 8 9 Always, Bon Jovi (5) 11 10 Secret, Madonna (13) 10 11 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (9) 9 12 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (24) 15 13 Take a Bow, Madonna (27) - 14 Constantly, Immature (17) 17 15 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (15) 14 16 Never Lie, Immature (31) 12 16 Thuggish ..., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (18) 13 18 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (11) - 19 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (16) 16 19 Black Superman, Above the Law (152) 20

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 11