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 Safe & Sound, DJ Quik (14) - 2 Dookie, Green Day (3) 2 3 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 1 4 II, Boyz II Men (1) 3 5 Boys on the Side, soundtrack (17) 5 6 Throwing Copper, Live (8) 4 7 Crazysexycool, TLC (5) 8 8 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (9) 9 9 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (15) 9 10 Balance, Van Halen (7) 6 11 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (6) 15 12 Hits, Garth Brooks (2) 7 13 Best of Sade, Sade (38) 13 14 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (10) 11 15 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (18) 18 16 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (16) 14 17 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (25) 19 18 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (13) 16 19 Smash, Offspring (12) - 20 Immortal Beloved, soundtrack (71) 12

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Take a Bow, Madonna (5) 1 2 Baby, Brandy (1) 3 3 Funky Melody/Dream About You, Stevie B (86) 10 4 Candy Rain, Soul for Real (2) 5 5 Foe the Love of $, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (21) 4 6 If You Think You’re Lonely Now, K-Ci Hailey (9) 2 7 Creep, TLC (3) 7 8 If You Love Me, Brownstone (6) 11 9 Mr. Personality, Gillette (74) 8 10 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (28) 13 10 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (20) 6 12 Another Night, Real McCoy (8) 12 13 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (18) - 14 Big Poppa, Notorious B.I.G. (4) 18 15 I Miss You, N II U (22) 9 16 I’d Rather Be Alone, IV Xample (150) 20 17 Strong Enough, Sheryl Crow (11) - 18 Thank You, Boyz II Men (23) - 19 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (16) 15 20 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (108) 17

* Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Feb. 26