The Times Music Index
STACKING UP SALES
Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Dec. 24, 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. 24, 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 Universal 24.4% 28.0% Hotshot Shaggy Sony 19.0 15.3 Now That’s What Various artists I Call Music BMG 18.6 19.5 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys WEA 14.0 13.5 Greatest Hits Tim McGraw EMD 12.4 8.6 1 The Beatles
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Source: SoundScan
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