Stacking Up Sales

Total album and single sales of CDs and cassettes for the week ended Aug. 31, compared with week-ago and year-ago levels, in millions of units sold:

Latest week

Albums: 11.0

Singles: 2.4

Week-ago

Albums: 11.6

Singles: 2.4

Year-ago

Albums: 11.3

Singles: 2.4

Atop the Charts

Weekly and year-to-date record company market share as of Aug. 31, 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: 17.78%

Year to date: 17.37%

Top-selling album: Dance

Artist: Fleetwood Mac

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Distributor: BMG

This week: 15.82%

Year to date: 13.93%

Top-selling album: No Way Out

Artist: Puff Daddy

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Distributor: Sony

This week: 14.75%

Year to date: 12.03%

Top-selling album: Be Here Now

Artist: Oasis

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Distributor: UNI

This week: 12.45%

Year to date: 13.85%

Top-selling album: Songbook: A Collection. . .

Artist: Trisha Yearwood

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Distributor: PolyGram

This week: 11.27%

Year to date: 11.63%

Top-selling album: Middle of Nowhere

Artist: Hanson

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Distributor: EMD

This week: 10.42%

Year to date: 13.55%

Top-selling album: Spice

Artist: Spice Girls

Source: SoundScan