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 Friday, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (3) 6 3 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (7) 8 4 Medusa, Annie Lennox (20) 4 5 Throwing Copper, Live (2) 2 6 Made in England, Elton John (21) 3 7 Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen (13) 5 8 II, Boyz II Men (6) 12 9 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (11) 10 10 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (16) 9 11 Dookie, Green Day (12) 13 12 The Lion King, soundtrack (5) 11 13 Another Night, Real McCoy (15) 14 14 Crazysexycool, TLC (10) 15 15 Amor Prohibido, Selena (31) 7 16 This is How We Do It, Montell Jordan (23) - 17 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (22) - 18 Astro Creep: 2000, White Zombie (9) 17 19 Don Juan DeMarco, soundtrack (77) - 20 Bad Boys, soundtrack (29) 16

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 This is How We Do It, Montell Jordan (1) 1 2 Have You Ever Really Loved ... , Brian Adams (6) 3 3 I’d Rather Be Alone, IV Xample (51) 2 4 Lick It, Roula (65) 4 5 I.N.C. Ride, Masta Ace (69) 7 6 Ask of You, Raphael Saadiq (12) 8 7 Dear Mama, 2Pac (3) 9 8 Freak Like Me, Adina Howard (2) 6 9 Water Runs Dry, Boys II Men (13) 11 10 I Wish, Skee-Lo (104) 18 11 Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre (9) 5 12 Red Light Special, TLC (5) 10 13 Run Away, Real McCoy (11) 13 14 Lil’ Game We Play, Subway (20) 14 15 I’ll Be Around, Rappin’ 4-Tay (32) 15 16 Move It Like This, K7 (82) - 17 Believe, Elton John (19) 16 18 Funky Melody/Dream About You, Stevie B (53) 18 19 Candy Rain, Soul for Real (10) 12 20 I’ll Be There For You, Method Man (4) -

* Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Apr. 30