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 Soundtrack, The Lion King (1) 1 2 Sleeps With Angels, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (2) -- 3 Smash, Offspring (10) 3 4 Soundtrack, Forrest Gump (2) 2 5 August & Everything After, Counting Crows (6) 4 6 Superunknown, Soundgarden (11) 7 7 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (4) 6 8 Dookie, Green Day (5) 5 9 Sign, Ace of Base (3) 8 10 Jerky Boys 2, Jerky Boys 2 (12) -- 11 Regulate...G-Funk Era, Warren G. (7) 11 12 Candle Box, Candle Box (8) 9 13 Prince, Come (15) -- 14 Voodoo Lounge, Rolling Stones (13) 10 14 Live At the Acropolis, Yanni (17) 16 16 Soundtrack, Reality Bites (18) 13 17 It Takes A Thief, Coolio (19) 12 18 Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails (24) -- 19 Hints, Allegations + Things, Collective Soul (22) 15 20 Chant, Benedictine Monks Seal, Seal (14) 14

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’ll Make Love To You, Boyz II Men (1) 2 2 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (2) 1 3 Funkdafied, Da Brat (5) 5 4 Stay, Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (3) 4 5 Bop Gun, Ice Cube (21) 3 6 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (4) 14 7 This D.J., Warren G. (7) 6 8 Girls & Boys, Blur (65) 12 9 I Swear, All-4-One (6) 7 10 Give It Up, Public Enemy (15) 20 11 When Can I See You, Babyface (10) 13 12 Shine, Collective Soul (17) 19 13 Wild Nights, John Mellencamp (8) 10 14 Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John (12) 16 15 I Miss You, Aaron Hall (13) 8 16 Lion Sleeps Tonight, Tokens -- 16 All I Wanna Know, Sheryl Crow (61) -- 18 Anytime You Need A Friend, Mariah Carey (52) -- 19 If You Go, Jon Secada (49) -- 20 Do You Want Get Funky, C & C Music Factory (9) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Aug. 21