Current marketshare

WEEKLY MARKETSHARE: Whaddaya know, there’s an upstart in the latest new-release Top 10—the Beggars Group, home of XL Recordings, which in turn is the home of chart-topping band Vampire Weekend. See how that happened? XL—which also has the not-insignificant distinction of being the label that signed Adele—joins nine major labels on the chart, the top three and #6 Capitol Music Group all part of Lucian Grainge’s Universal empire, as is the UMG-distributed Disney Music Group, which returns to the leaderboard under new leader Ken Bunt and BFF Demi Lovato, who bowed at #3 with 112k. Mike Dungan’s Uni Nashville led the way, thanks primarily to #2 George Strait (122k) and #5 Lady A (55k in week two), edging ahead of the John Janick-led IGA, which had a surprisingly strong second week from The Great Gatsby ST (#4, 94k) and another solid showing from the rock-steady Imagine Dragons (#14, 25k). Tomorrow, we’ll see how things look with TEA stirred in. (5/22a)