The exclusive Ventura County music charts are...

The exclusive Ventura County music charts are compiled for The Times from information supplied by SoundScan Inc., the music industry’s leading sales-reporting service. The rankings are based on actual sales in Ventura County.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Miracles, The Holiday Album, Kenny G (1) 1 2 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 2 3 Unplugged In New York, Nirvana (5) 4 4 Smash, Offspring (7) 5 5 Bootlegs & B-sides, Ice Cube (31) 8 6 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey (3) 3 7 II, Boyz II Men (2) 6 8 Dookie, Green Day (8) 9 9 Duets II, Frank Sinatra (10) 7 10 Best Of, Sade (18) 15 11 Wildflowers, Tom Petty (11) 12 12 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (23) 12 13 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (27) -- 14 Soundtrack, The Lion King (6) 14 15 Monster, R.E.M. (13) 16 16 Soundtrack, Murder Was The Case (19) 18 17 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger (17) -- 18 No Need To Argue, Cranberries (14) 17 19 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (24) -- 19 Fields of Gold, Sting (21) 10

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 1 2 I Wanna Be Down, Brandy (7) 6 3 On Bended Knee, Boys II Men (3) 3 4 Playaz Club Remix, Rappin’ 4-Tay (28) 4 5 Creep, TLC (2) 5 6 Another Night, Real McCoy (4) 13 7 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (15) 8 8 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 2 8 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (8) 14 10 Secret, Madonna (14) 9 11 Always, Bon Jovi (5) 11 12 Fa All Y’All, Da Brat (20) -- 13 Never Lie, Immature (18) 10 14 Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (16) -- 15 Practice What You Preach, Barry White (9) 18 15 Short...Man, Twenty Fingers (11) 7 17 You Want This, Janet Jackson (13) -- 18 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (11) -- 19 Constantly, Immature (22) 19 18 At Your Best (You Are Love), Aaliyah (31) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 4