The Times Music Index
STACKING UP SALES
Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Dec. 19, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:
Atop the Charts
Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Dec. 19, 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 Artist BMG 23.5% 19.5% Millennium Backstreet Boys Universal 23.0 26.6 Come on Over Shania Twain Sony 20.6 16.8 All the Way Celine Dion WEA 12.8 13.8 S&M; Metallica EMD 6.1 8.4 The Magic of Christmas Garth Brooks
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Source: SoundScan
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