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 Miracles, The Holiday Album, Kenny G (2) 1 2 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (5) 3 3 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (3) 2 4 II, Boyz II Men (4) 6 5 Hits, Garth Brooks (1) 8 6 Dookie, Green Day (7) 7 7 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (6) 5 8 Live at the BBC, Beatles (10) 4 9 Sade, Best of (25) 9 10 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (8) 13 11 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (19) 11 12 Duets II, Frank Sinatra (22) 10 13 3 Tenors ..., Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti (30) 14 14 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (12) 16 15 Fields of Gold, Sting (27) 12 16 Smash, Offspring (9) 15 17 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (36) 19 18 Monster, R.E.M. (14) 17 19 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (16) 20 20 The Lion King, soundtrack (13) 18

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 2 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (3) 1 3 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (2) 3 4 Creep, TLC (1) 4 5 Another Night, Real McCoy (4) 5 6 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (30) 9 7 Always, Bon Jovi (5) 8 8 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (8) 6 9 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (7) 7 10 Short . . . Man, Twenty Fingers (9) 10 11 Constantly, Immature (11) 13 12 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (16) 14 13 Take a Bow, Madonna (19) 11 14 Secret, Madonna (17) 12 15 Thuggish . . ., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (20) 15 16 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (23) 16 17 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (27) 18 18 I’ll Make Love to You, Boyz II Men (12) 18 19 I Never Seen a Man Cry, Scarface (24) 20 20 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (37) -

Source: (copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 25