The Times Music Index
STACKING UP SALES
Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Sept. 27, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:
Latest week
Albums: 11.4
Singles: 1.6
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Week ago
Albums: 11.3
Singles: 1.6
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Albums: 11.1
Singles: 6.7
Atop the Charts
Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Sept. 27, 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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Latest Year Distributor week to date Top-selling album WEA 20.0% 17.4% Musical Chairs Sony 14.5 18.1 The Miseducation of ... PolyGram 14.3 11.4 Psycho-Circus Universal 12.9 11.1 Mechanical Animals BMG 12.9 13.8 N-Sync EMD 11.5 14.9 Supernatural
Distributor Artist WEA Hootie & the Blowfish Sony Lauryn Hill PolyGram Kiss Universal Marilyn Manson BMG N-Sync EMD DC Talk
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Source: SoundScan
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