STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended July 27, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 11.8

Singles: 2.6

Week-ago:

Albums: 11.0

Singles: 2.4

Year-ago:

Albums: 10.1

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of July 27, based on current albums sold. This is an indicator of music company performance. Figures do not include catalog sales.

MARKET SHARE

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This Year Distributor week to date Top-selling album Artist BMG 19.6% 13.6% No Way Out Puff Daddy WEA 17.4 17.3 Fat of the Land Prodigy Sony 12.8 11.8 Men in Black Various EMD 12.3 13.9 Spice Spice Girls UNI 11.7 14.3 God’s Property God’s Property PolyGram 10.2 11.6 Middle of Nowhere Hanson

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Source: SoundScan