The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Jan. 31, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

Latest week

Albums: 11.7

Singles: 1.6

Week ago

Albums: 12.1

Singles: 1.5

Year ago

Albums: 10.9

Singles: 2.0

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Jan. 31, 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 28.0% 27.3% Chyna Doll Foxy Brown BMG 17.0 16.5 Baby One More Time Britney Spears WEA 14.4 15.1 Spirit Jewel Sony 13.7 15.0 Americana Offspring EMD 9.6 10.2 Made Man Silkk the Shocker

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Source: SoundScan