Valley Pop Music Charts

The exclusive Valley 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 the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys, and in Glendale.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Bodyguard, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Unplugged, Eric Clapton (3) 2 3 Aladdin, soundtrack (11) 3 4 Breathless, Kenny G (2) 5 5 Chronic, Dr. Dre (7) 7 6 Ten, Pearl Jam (9) 4 7 3 Years, ..., Arrested Development (18) 6 8 Love Deluxe, Sade (12) 8 9 Jon Secada, Jon Secada (19) 9 10 Erotica, Madonna (27) 11 11 Timeless, Michael Bolton (6) 12 12 Ooooooohhh ..., TLC (24) 15 13 Hard or Smooth, Wreckx-N-Effect (10) 15 14 If I Ever Fall in Love, Shai (8) - 15 Automatic for the People, R.E.M. (22) 18 16 Greatest Hits, Gloria Estefan (31) 17 17 Harvest Moon, Neil Young (23) - 18 Achtung Baby, U2 (49) - 19 Some Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus (4) 19 20 Diva, Annie Lennox (39) 20

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston (1) 1 2 Ditty, Paperboy (5) 2 3 Homies, Lighter Shade of Brown (48) 3 4 Mr. Wendal, Arrested Development (12) 11 5 In the Still of the Night, Boyz II Men (4) 4 6 Whole New World, Bryson/Belle (8) 6 7 If I Ever Fall in Love, Shai (2) 5 8 Back to the Hotel, N2Deep (17) 10 9 Rump Shaker, Wreckx-N-Effect (3) 7 10 Saving Forever for You, Shanice (6) 8 11 What About Your Friends, TLC (15) 17 12 Everything’s Gonna Be Alright, Father M.C. (25) - 13 Deeper & Deeper, Madonna (16) 15 14 Here We Go Again, Portrait (18) - 15 Good Enough, Bobby Brown (10) - 16 Rebirth of Slick, Digable Planets (14) - 17 Gangsta, Bell Biv Devoe (11) 20 18 Real Love, Mary J. Blige (22) 16 19 Rhythm Is a Dancer, Snap (7) 13 20 I’d Die Without You, PM Dawn (9) 9

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 17