The exclusive Ventura County music charts are...

The exclusive Ventura County 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 Ventura County.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Balance, Van Halen (1) -- 2 Dookie, Green Day (3) 1 3 Cocktales, Too Short (6) -- 4 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles (4) 3 5 Hits, Garth Brooks (2) 2 6 Vitalogy, Pearl Jam (7) 4 7 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (15) 6 8 No Need to Argue, Cranberries (9) 6 9 Throwing Copper, Live (16) 11 10 Smash, Offspring (11) 5 11 Weezer, Weezer (19) 10 12 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (12) 13 13 II, Boyz II Men (5) 8 14 Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (13) 13 15 Crazysexycool, TLC (8) 15 16 Bedtime Stories, Madonna (17) 17 17 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (29) -- 18 Bootlegs & B-Sides, Ice Cube (43) 12 19 Yes I Am, Melissa Ethridge (22) 17 20 Monster, R.E.M. (20) 9 TOP 20 SINGLES 1 Tootsie Roll, 69 Boyz (9) 1 2 Pimp of the Year, Dru Down (54) 4 3 Creep, TLC (2) 2 4 Baby, Brandy (1) -- 5 Breakdown, Fu-Schnickens (75) 15 6 On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men (5) 5 6 Another Night, Real McCoy (3) 17 8 Take A Bow, Madonna (8) 8 9 Before I Let You Go, Blackstreet (7) 6 10 You Gotta Be, Des’ree (17) 9 11 Constantly, Immature (10) 16 12 Playaz Club, Rappin’ 4-Tay (48) 3 13 Rhythm of the Night, Corona (19) -- 14 I Miss You, N II U (18) 10 15 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (11) 14 16 Flava InYa Ear, Craig Mack (31) -- 17 Always, Bon Jovi (15) 11 18 Cocktales, Too Short (33) 7 19 Big Poppa, Notorious (12) 18 20 Bring the Pain, Method Man (40) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Jan. 29