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Date: Jan 06, 2000
Source: ENTERTAINMENT WIRE
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LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000--SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system which tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product, has announced its 1999 year-end sales research data as follows:
1999 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS
(01/04/99 -- 01/02/2000)
Title / Artist Units Sold
1. Millennium / Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
2. Baby One More Time / Britney Spears 8,358,619
3. Ricky Martin / Ricky Martin 5,981,155
4. Come On Over / Shania Twain 5,618,134
5. Significant Other / Limp Bizkit 4,952,890
6. Supernatural / Santana 4,732,589
7. Devil Without a Cause / Kid Rock 4,259,736
8. Fanmail / TLC 4,186,685
9. Christina Aguilera / Christina Aguilera 3,662,905
10. Wide Open Spaces / Dixie Chicks 3,463,642
TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA
(1991 -- 01/02/2000)
Title / Artist Units Sold
1. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette 13,542,393
2. Come On Over / Shania Twain 12,110,660
3. Metallica / Metallica 11,715,533
4. Bodyguard / Soundtrack 11,605,690
5. Falling Into You / Celine Dion 10,224,282
6. Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish 9,817,666
7. Titanic / Soundtrack 9,806,175
8. Millennium / Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
9. Ropin' The Wind / Garth Brooks 9,370,863
10. Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys 9,258,265
1999 YEAR-TO-DATE RECORD COMPANY MARKET SHARE (01/04/99 -- 01/02/00)
TOTAL ALBUMS CURRENT ALBUMS
(Catalog & Current Titles)
1999 1998 1999 1998
UMVD 26.39 % 24.48 % UMVD 26.85 % 24.16 %
SONY 16.27 % 16.57 % BMG 19.61 % 14.40 %
BMG 16.07 % 12.21 % SONY 17.03 % 17.45 %
WEA 15.77 % 18.20 % WEA 13.68 % 17.25 %
EMD 9.45 % 12.95 % EMD 8.21 % 13.52 %
OTHERS 16.05 % 15.58 % OTHERS 14.63 % 13.21 %
SINGLES
1999 1998
BMG 27.72% 27.06%
SONY 22.23% 16.67%
UMVD 17.93% 23.29%
WEA 15.75% 18.46%
EMD 8.09% 8.14%
OTHERS 8.28% 6.39%
(Note: The UMVD totals for 1998 combine Uni & PGD market share)
1999 GENRE SALES REPORT (01/04/99 -- 01/02/00)
Album Units Sold (000s)
Genre 1999 1998
Alternative 120,952 113,476
Classical 17,311 16,603
Country 69,300 72,605
Jazz 19,557 17,752
Latin 22,228 15,575
Metal 29,792 29,334
R&B 175,339 161,899
Rap 87,663 81,262
Christian/Gospel 46,852 41,852
Soundtrack 41,629 61,456
New Age 5,804 7,090
(Note: Titles may appear in more than one genre)
INTERNET ALBUM SALES (01/04/99 -- 01/02/00)
Units Sold
8,499,473
TOTAL ALBUM SALES (IN MILLIONS)
(Includes Catalog And Current Titles)
1999 1998
Albums 754.8 711.0
CDs 648.1 578.3
Cassettes 105.1 130.8
Other 1.6 1.9
HOLIDAY ALBUM SALES (Week Ending 11/28/99 -- 01/02/00)
1999 1998
Total Albums 141,096,000 132,634,000
Chain 79,450,000 79,397,000
Independent 15,253,000 14,034,000
Mass Merchant 44,422,000 38,945,000
Non-Traditional(a) 1,971,000 1,158,000
Mall 26,660,000 32,423,000
Strip 36,014,000 34,499,000
Freestanding 29,031,000 26,508,000
(a) Non-Traditional category includes Internet, Mail Order & Venue
sales.
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