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 Chant, Benedictine Monks (3) 1 2 Soundtrack, Crow (6) 4 3 August & Everthing After, Counting Crows (7) 3 4 Sign, Ace of Base (2) 6 5 ‘N Gatz We Truss, South Central Cartel (32) -- 6 Division Bell, Pink Floyd (4) 2 7 Soundtrack, Above the Rim (8) 8 8 Dookie, Green Day (29) -- 9 Cross of Changes, Enigma (12) 20 10 Experimental Jet Set Trash, Sonic Youth (12) -- 11 Longing In Their Hearts, Bonnie Raitt (16) 11 12 Colour of My Love, Celine Dion (15) 10 13 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (11) 15 14 Superunknown, Soundgarden (20) 5 15 Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins (21) 9 16 Smash, Offspring (--) 18 17 Soundtrack, Reality Bites (24) 17 18 God Shuffled His Feet, Crash Test Dummies (18) 13 19 Read My Mind, Reba McEntire (5) 7 20 Live at the Acropolis, Yanni (19) 14

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Regulate, Warren G. & Nate Dogg (6) 5 2 I’ll Remember, Madonna (2) 1 3 I Swear, All-4-One (1) 6 4 Return To Innocence, Enigma (5) 7 5 Back in the Day, Ahmad (64) 8 6 Ace of Base, Sign (3) 2 7 Baby I Love Your Way, Big Mountain (13) 4 8 Without You/Never Forget You, Mariah Carey (24) 10 9 Loser, Beck (10) 9 10 Back & Forth, Aaliyah (4) -- 11 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Crash Test Dummies (11) 13 11 Bump ‘N’ Grind, R. Kelly (8) 16 13 Pumps & A Bump, Hammer (12) -- 14 Now & Forever, Richard Marx (42) 18 15 Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Prince (9) 3 16 Born To Roll, Masta Ace Incorporated (15) 17 17 You Mean the World To Me, Toni Braxton (17) -- 18 Something to Ride To, Conscious Daughters (53) 12 19 Anything, SWV (21) 14 20 Whatta Man, Salt-N-Pepa (28) --

Source: (Copyright) SoundScan Inc., for week ending May 15