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The Times Music Index

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STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Dec. 17, 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. 17, 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 Universal 23.4% 28.3% Hotshot Sony 19.8 15.1 Now That’s What I Call Music BMG 19.4 19.5 Black & Blue WEA 13.8 13.5 Greatest Hits EMD 11.0 8.4 1

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Latest Distributor Artist Universal Shaggy Sony Various artists BMG Backstreet Boys WEA Tim McGraw EMD The Beatles

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Source: SoundScan

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