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TEA TOTALING: Interscope aced the frontline marketshare contest this week thanks to Maroon 5’s chart-topping V, but it wasn’t quite enough to take the track-equivalent competition. Nope, Republic eked out the win behind four of the six top-selling singles—collectively totaling 675k units, or 67.5k equivalent albums—and 40% of the Top 20 (that would be eight entries, kiddies). Monte Lipman’s label, #1 in TEA year to date, continues week after week to demonstrate the potency of sheer volume. (9/11a)