STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended June 1, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 10.6

Singles: 2.7

Week-ago:

Albums: 10.0

Singles: 2.5

Year-ago:

Albums: 9.8

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of June 1, 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 to Top-selling Distributor week date album Artist EMD 17.3 13.8 Spice Spice Girls UNI 14.8 14.9 God’s Property God’s Property WEA 13.5 17.0 Space Jam Various BMG 12.7 13.2 Butterfly Kisses Bob Carlisle PolyGram 11.9 11.8 Middle of Nowhere Hanson Sony 11.5 11.6 Hour Glass James Taylor Independents 18.3 17.7

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Source: SoundScan