Universal tops 2012 US album market share after EMI acquisition
Universal Music Group topped the 2012 US album market, after the addition of EMI Music scans for the last quarter of the year.
UMG boasted market share of albums plus track equivalents (whereby 10 tracks equals one album) of 32.8%, versus Sony's 29.1%, according to Nielsen SoundScan data.
Without EMI, Universal would still have had a market share of 30.5%, according Billboard calculations.
If the 6.5% that EMI tallied before the Universal/EMI merger was completed is added to UMG's total, the divide ...
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