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 Lion King, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (2) 2 3 Sign, Ace of Base (3) 5 4 August and Everything After, 6 Counting Crows (5) 6 5 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (4) 4 6 Voodoo Lounge, Rolling Stones (8) 3 7 Seal (94), Seal (25) 14 8 Smash, Offspring (14) 10 9 Superunknown, Soundgarden (7) 9 10 For the Love of Strange (26) 11 ..., Steve Perry (26) 11 11 Regulate ... 12 G Funk Era, Warren G. (6) 12 12 Candlebox, Candlebox (10) 14 13 It Takes a Thief, Coolio (12) 7 14 Chant, Benedictine Monks (21) 13 15 We Come Strapped, M.C. Eiht (11) 8 16 Dookie, Green Day (16) 20 16 All-4-One, All-4-One (9) 16 18 Reality Bites, soundtrack (17) 19 19 Heart Soul & A Voice, Jon Secada (42) - 20 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (24) 17
