The Times Music Index
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STACKING UP SALES
Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Dec. 21, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold.:
Latest week:
Albums: 31.5
Singles: 3.3
Week Ago:
Albums: 23.1
Singles: 2.7
Year Ago: 30
Albums: 30.7
Singles: 3.1
Atop the Charts:
Weekly and and year-to-date record company market share as of Dec. 21, 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 WEA 17.8% 17.6% You Light Up My Life LeAnn Rimes Sony 17.1 12.8 Let’s Talk About Love Celine Dion EMD 14.2 13.7 Sevens Garth Brooks BMG 13.7 14.2 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys PolyGram 12.7 11.9 Come on Over Shania Twain UNI 12.2 13.4 Tubthumper Chumbawambna
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Soure: SoundScan
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