The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended June 27, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

Latest week

Albums: 14.0

Singles: 1.6

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Week ago

Albums: 15.0

Singles: 1.7

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Year ago

Albums: 11.6

Singles: 2.3

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of June 27, 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 33.7% 26.8% Significant Other Limp Bizkit BMG 16.5 17.4 Millennium Backstreet Boys WEA 14.8 14.7 Austin Powers... Soundtrack Sony 14.4 16.2 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin EMD 7.3 9.3 Da Crime Family Tru

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Source: SoundScan