STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended April 3, compared to week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

Latest week:

Albums: 11.2

Singles: 2.2

Week-ago:

Albums: 10.3

Singles: 1.94

Year-ago:

Albums: 9.1

Singles: 2.0

Hits Magazine Tip of the Week

Another Brick in the Wall: Pink Floyd is not just packing the nation’s top tour. Come next week, they’ll also have the No. 1 album in the country. On the heels of record-breaking advance ticket sales for concerts on April 16 and 17 at the Rose Bowl, as well as stadium dates across the country, retailers nationwide are reporting extremely heavy sales for the band’s Columbia-Sony album, “The Division Bell,” which hit stores on Tuesday.

Note: Hits magazine is a weekly music industry trade publication.

Source: Soundscan Inc.