Total album and single sales of CDs...

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Jan. 9, compared to week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Atop the Charts

Monthly record company market share as of December, based on units sold. This is an indicator of music company performance. MARKET SHARE

Total Top-selling Rank Distributor share Albums Singles album 1. WEA 19.69% 19.69% 19.72% Doggy Style 2. Sony 18.95 19.03 18.33 Music Box 3. UNI 12.35 12.68 9.63 Bat Out of Hell II 4. Polygram 12.28 12.10 13.83 So Far So Good 5. CEMA 11.69 11.81 10.71 Janet 6. BMG 11.66 11.09 16.30 Toni Braxton

Rank Artist 1. Snoop Doggy Dogg 2. Mariah Carey 3. Meat Loaf 4. Bryan Adams 5. Janet Jackson 6. Toni Braxton

Hits Magazine Tip of the Week

The line is forming to the right, with one of the most heated management derbies in music business history expected to revolve around Van Halen, one of the industry’s highest-grossing touring bands. The band’s longtime manager, Ed Leffler, died of cancer last year. Attorney Don Engel is representing the band in the search for new management. Van Halen’s record label, Warner Bros., says there is no official release date scheduled for a new Van Halen project. Note: Hits magazine is a weekly music industry trade publication. Source: Soundscan Inc.