STACKING UP SALESTotal album and single sales...

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended July 13, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week:

Albums: 10.6

Singles: 2.4

Week-ago:

Albums: 11.7

Singles: 2.8

Year-ago:

Albums: 10.6

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of July 13, 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 17.7% 17.2% Fat of the Land Prodigy EMD 14.7 14.0 Spice Spice Girls Sony 14.0 11.7 Men in Black Various UNI 13.5 14.5 God’s Property God’s Property PolyGram 11.5 11.7 Middle of Nowhere Hanson BMG 10.6 13.4 Butterfly Kisses Bob Carlisle

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Source: SoundScan