The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Aug. 9, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

LATEST WEEK

Albums: 12.4

Singles: 2.0

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WEEK AGO

Albums: 12.3

Singles: 1.9

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YEAR AGO

Albums: 11.7

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Aug. 9, 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 EMD 20.4% 15.2% Game Is to Be... Snoop Dogg WEA 17.4 17.4 Dr. Dolittle Soundtrack Sony 14.6 18.3 Armageddon Soundtrack BMG 13.6 13.7 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys PolyGram 11.5 11.2 Come on Over Shania Twain Universal 10.1 10.9 Dirty Boogie Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Source: SoundScan