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 Made in England, Elton John (13) - 2 Medusa, Annie Lennox (12) 1 3 Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen (2) 2 4 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 3 5 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (7) 5 6 Throwing Copper, Live (6) 10 7 Dookie, Green Day (9) 7 8 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (14) 8 8 Me Against the World, 2Pac (1) 4 10 II, Boyz II Men (8) 6 11 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (3) 9 12 Tribute to Led Zepplin, Encomium (17) - 13 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (21) 14 14 The Lion King, soundtrack (5) 18 15 Pulp Fiction, soundtrack (25) 16 16 Boys on the Side, soundtrack (26) 15 17 Crazysexycool, TLC (11) 13 18 Conversation Peace, Stevie Wonder (16) - 19 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (19) - 20 Safe & Sound, DJ Quik (34) 12

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre (9) 1 2 I’d Rather Be Alone, IV Xample (58) 18 3 Candy Rain, Soul for Real (2) 2 4 Run Away, Real McCoy (7) 3 5 This is How We Do It, Montell Jordan (1) 5 6 Lil’ Game We Play, Subway (11) 11 7 Red Light Special, TLC (4) 6 8 Dear Mama, 2Pac (8) - 9 Baby, Brandy (5) 7 10 Take a Bow, Madonna (13) 4 11 Funky Melody/Dream About You, Stevie B (68) 8 12 Lick It, Roula (80) 16 13 I’ll Be Around, Rappin’ 4-Tay (41) 12 14 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (17) 14 15 If You Love Me, Brownstone (12) 15 16 Big Poppa, Notorious B.I.G. (3) 8 17 Foe the Love of $, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (18) 19 17 Freak Like Me, Adina Howard (6) - 19 Mr. Personality, Gillette (30) 17 20 If You Think You’re Lonely Now, K-Ci Hailey (16) 10

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