STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Oct. 24, compared to week-ago and year-ago levels, in thousands of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 10,856

Singles: 2,102

Week-ago:

Albums: 9,768

Singles: 2,002

Year-ago:

Albums: 9,103

Singles: 1,809

Atop the Charts

Monthly record company market share as of September, based on units sold. Also, most popular singles--based on sales or radio airplay--for a range of categories, for the week ended Oct. 24. Both are indicators of music company performance. MARKET SHARE

Total Top-Selling Rank Distributor share Albums Singles album 1 WEA 20.17% 20.05% 20.73% Counter Parts 2 Sony 19.18 19.02 19.93 Vs. 3 CEMA 13.98 14.79 10.20 In Pieces 4 Polygram 11.71 12.38 8.61 Retro Active 5 BMG 10.79 9.87 15.08 Toni Braxton 6 UNI 10.21 10.39 9.37 Bat Out of Hell II

Rank Artist 1 Rush 2 Pearl Jam 3 Garth Brooks 4 Def Leppard 5 Toni Braxton 6 Meat Loaf

*TOP SINGLES Category: Overall Title: I’d Do Anything for Love Artist: Meat Loaf Rank last week: 3 Label: MCA Parent company: MCA

*Category: Contemporary Title: The River of Dreams Artist: Billy Joel Rank last week: 1 Label: Columbia Parent company: Sony

*Category: Country Title: Easy Come, Easy Go Artist: George Strait Rank last week: 1 Label: MCA Parent company: MCA

*Category: Dance Title: Gangsta Lean Artist: Drs Rank last week: 8 Label: Capitol Parent company: EMI

*Category: Latin Title: Hasta Que Me Olvides Artist: Luis Miguel Rank last week: 1 Label: Wea Latina Parent company: Time Warner

*Category: R&B; Title: Just Kickin’ It Artist: Xscape Rank last week: 1 Label: So So Def Parent company: Sony

*Category: Rap Title: Valley of the Skinz Artist: Trends of Culture Rank last week: 2 Label: Motown Parent company: Polygram

*Category: Album rock track Title: Stick It Out Artist: Rush Rank last week: 1 Label: Atlantic Parent company: Time Warner

*Category: Modern rock track Title: Heart-Shaped Box Artist: Nirvana Rank last week: 1 Label: Geffen Parent company: MCA

* Ranking from two weeks ago

Sources: Soundscan Inc.; Billboard magazine