The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Nov. 26, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units:

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Nov. 26, 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 BMG 23.8% 19.5% Black & Blue Universal 23.3 28.9 Chocolate Starfish ... Sony 18.5 14.6 Now That’s What I Call Music WEA 12.3 13.5 Greatest Hits EMD 9.8 8.0 1

Distributor Artist BMG Backstreet Boys Universal Limp Bizkit Sony Various artists WEA Tim McGraw EMD The Beatles

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Source: SoundScan