STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Aug. 17, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 11.5

Singles: 2.3

Week-ago:

Albums: 11.7

Singles: 2.4

Year-ago:

Albums: 10.8

Singles: 2.7

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Aug. 17, 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 17.76% 17.27% Yourself or Someone ... Matchbox 20 BMG 15.93 13.82 No Way Out Puff Daddy Sony 12.72 11.90 Men in Black Various PolyGram 12.68 11.63 Middle of Nowhere Hanson EMD 11.90 13.73 Spice Spice Girls UNI 11.00 13.99 God’s Property God’s Property

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Source: SoundScan