Stacking Up Sales

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Nov. 16, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week

Albums: 12.3

Singles: 2.2

Week-ago

Albums: 11.8

Singles: 2.3

Year-ago

Albums: 12.3

Singles: 2.5

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Nov. 16, based on current albums sold. This is an indicator of music company performance. Figures do not include catalog sales.

MARKET SHARE

Distributor: WEA

This week: 17.58%

Year to date: 17.68%

Top-selling album: Levert.Sweat.Gill

Artist: LSG

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Distributor: BMG

This week: 15.38%

Year to date: 14.24%

Top-selling album: Unpredictable

Artist: Mystikal

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Distributor: Sony

This week: 13.98%

Year to date: 12.09%

Top-selling album: Higher Ground

Artist: Barbra Streisand

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Distributor: PolyGram

This week: 13.06%

Year to date: 11.74%

Top-selling album: Come on Over

Artist: Shania Twain

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Distributor: UNI

This week: 12.90%

Year to date: 13.62%

Top-selling album: Chumbawamba

Artist: Tubthumper

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Distributor: EMD

This week: 12.17%

Year to date: 13.44%

Top-selling album: SpiceWorld

Artist: Spice Girls

Source: SoundScan