The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended May 16, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

Latest week

Albums: 12.0

Singles: 1.5

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Week ago

Albums: 13.2

Singles: 1.7

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Year ago

Albums: 11.5

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of May 16, 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 Sony 23.6% 15.92% Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Universal 22.3 26.6 Come on Over Shania Twain WEA 14.1 15.1 A Place in the Sun Tim McGraw BMG 13.8 16.7 Fanmail TLC EMD 10.3 9.7 Top Dogg Snoop Dogg

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Source: SoundScan