STACKING UP SALES
Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Nov. 14, compared to week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:
Latest Week Week-ago Year-ago Albums 11.11 10.28 9.77 Singles 2.33 2.32 2.11
Hits Magazine Rumor of the Week
Despite widespread speculation that former Virgin Records U.S. Co-Managing Director Jeff Ayeroff would split with longtime partner (and Virgin’s other former co-managing director) Jordan Harris and emerge at the top of a major record label, music industry insiders say it’s not so. Current chatter has the duo resurfacing in an “entrepreneurial” situation, probably through a deal with an existing major. Ayeroff and Harris left Virgin in August.
Note: Hits magazine is a weekly music industry trade publication.
Sources: Soundscan Inc.; Billboard magazine
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