The Times Music Index

STACKING UP SALES

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Oct. 22, 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 Oct. 22, 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 37.0% 29.0% Chocolate Starfish ... Limp Bizkit BMG 13.7 19.5 Human Clay Creed WEA 13.2 13.8 Music Madonna Sony 10.8 14.4 Beware of Dog Lil’ Bow Wow EMD 8.7 7.7 Kid A Radiohead

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Source: SoundScan