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Rob Stringer’s Columbia is the big winner, sporting a whopping 10.3% new release marketshare, as the year’s #1 album, Adele’s 21, led the way with 4.2 million sold in 2012, for a total of 10 million.
Storming into second place was Monte Lipman’s Republic, with an impressive 8.5%, leading everyone else with a 1.1 percentage point rise over 2011, sporting Top 20 albums in Nicki Minaj (#16), Gotye (#17) and Drake (#18).
Jimmy Iovine’s Interscope Geffen A&M was up next with 6.0% of new releases, sporting the #10 album in Maroon 5. Peter Edge and Tom Corson’s RCA Records, with Whitney Houston’s Greatest Hits at #9, scored a 5.4%, tying them with
Steve Bartels’ Island Def Jam earned 4.9%, with #5 Justin Bieber helping give Republic/Island chief Barry Weiss a nifty 13.4% overall as head of both labels. In the Country area, Gary O’s SME Nashville scores a 2.7% (with Carrie Underwood at #7 its top seller), ahead of Capitol Nashville, at 2.0% (with #8 Luke Bryan), now part of Mike Dungan’s UMG Nashville (1.8%, up .6, thanks to #6 Lionel Richie). Finally, L.A. Reid’s Epic sported a .4 rise to 1.6%.
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