STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended July 6, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 11.7

Singles: 2.8

Week-ago:

Albums: 10.9

Singles: 2.8

Year-ago:

Albums: 11.2

Singles: 2.5

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of July 6, 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 WEA 19.6% 17.2% Fat of the Land Prodigy EMD 14.4 14.0 Spice Sony 13.3 11.6 Men in Black UNI 13.0 14.6 God’s Property PolyGram 11.6 11.7 Middle of Nowhere BMG 10.8 13.5 Butterfly Kisses

Distributor Artist WEA EMD Spice Girls Sony Various UNI God’s Property PolyGram Hanson BMG Bob Carlisle

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Source: SoundScan