The Times Music Index
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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
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