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Tesco claims 10% of albums market.

Music Week

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Tesco says it is now responsible for more than one in 10 chart albums sold in the UK after dramatically lifting its CD sales during the past year.

The supermarket revealed in a presentation to suppliers in London last Wednesday that it has increased its overall share of UK album sales to 6% with its increased share coming on the back of a 45% lift in CD sales this year. It accounted for 16.6% of all sales of Hear'Say's album Pop-stars, while it claims to have sold 15.5% of all copies of Texas's chart-topping The Greatest Hits album.

Senior buying manager for music Alan Hunt says Tesco's increased music sales reflect the company's increased focus on entertainment products. "Tesco's growth comes thanks in part to the creation of an additional ...

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