US sales figures report 50 Cent as best-selling artist during 2003
Monday, Jan 5th 2004 at 12:00AMThe US albums market slipped back by 3.6% on 2002's level to 656.3m units, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released today.
The most successful album of the year, claimed by Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, is 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin', which sold 6.5m copies and helped parent company Universal retain its place as top US distributor with a 28.1% market share.
While eight albums shifted more than 3m units in 2002, only five albums during 2003 met that total. Norah Jones' ...
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