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Music market shares in US in 2007
Nielsen Soundscan published its findings on music label market shares, according to 2007 sales.Album sales market sharesTotal albumsCurrent albumsCatalog albums 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 UMG 31.90% 31.61% UMG 34.48% 34.37% UMG 27.81% 27.14% BMG 11.11% 11.95% BMG 12.60% 13.71% BMG 8.74% 9.08% SONY 13.86% 15.49% SONY 12.52% 14.42% SONY 15.98% 17.23% SONYBMG Total 24.97% [...]
Nielsen Soundscan published its findings on music label market shares, according to 2007 sales.
| Album sales market shares | ||||||||
| Total albums | Current albums | Catalog albums | ||||||
| 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| UMG | 31.90% | 31.61% | UMG | 34.48% | 34.37% | UMG | 27.81% | 27.14% |
| BMG | 11.11% | 11.95% | BMG | 12.60% | 13.71% | BMG | 8.74% | 9.08% |
| SONY | 13.86% | 15.49% | SONY | 12.52% | 14.42% | SONY | 15.98% | 17.23% |
| SONYBMG Total | 24.97% | 27.44% | SONYBMG Total | 25.12% | 28.13% | SONYBMG Total | 24.72% | 26.31% |
| WMG | 20.28% | 18.14% | WMG | 19.12% | 16.85% | WMG | 22.12% | 20.25% |
| EMI | 9.37% | 10.20% | EMI | 8.31% | 9.23% | EMI | 11.05% | 11.77% |
| OTHERS | 13.48% | 12.61% | OTHERS | 12.97% | 11.43% | OTHERS | 14.30% | 14.52% |
| Source: Nielsen SoundScan | ||||||||