2013 YEAR-END MARKETSHARE

Lucian Grainge’s UMG, fortified by its absorption of EMI, jumped 8.1% in new release marketshare from last year to a commanding 39.2% (38.7% overall/TEA). Doug Morris’ Sony Music held steady with an impressive 30.2%, down just 0.2 from 2012, with 29.4% overall/TEA. Warner Music Group came in a distant third with 14.7%, down 0.4.

MUSIC GROUPS (TOTAL)	2013	2012	+/-	OVERALL/TEA
UMG	39.2	31.1	8.1	38.7
SME	30.2	30.4	-0.2	29.4
WMG	14.7	15.1	-0.4	14.7
EMI	-----	7.8	N/A	-----
TOP 10 LABELS (FRONTLINE)	2013	2012	+/-	OVERALL/TEA
1. Republic	9.1	8.5	0.6	7.3
2. RCA	7.6	5.4	2.2	7.2
3. Columbia	7.6	10.3	-2.7	7.3
4. IGA	7	6	1	7.7
5. Capitol Music Group	6.5	2.6	3.9	7
6. UMG Nashville	5.3	1.8	3.5	3.6
7. Atlantic	4.7	5.4	-0.7	6.4
8. Island Def Jam	3.7	4.9	-1.2	4.1
9. Warner Bros.	3.5	2.8	0.7	4.9
10. Sony Nashville	2.1	2.7	-0.6	2.8

Monte Lipman’s Republic led the label field with a flag-waving 9.1% in frontline marketshare, up 0.6, and 7.3 overall/TEA, powered by Top 20 releases from Drake (#6), Florida Georgia Line (#7), Taylor Swift (#14) and the Pitch Perfect ST (#17), as well as monster singles from Florida George Line and Lorde.

Next come Nipper and Columbia, in a virtual tie. RCA’s Edge-Corson team added 2.2% for a 7.6% frontline finish (7.2 TEA) on the strength of the year’s top album from Justin Timberlake as well as P!nk (#12), JT’s Complete Experience (#20) and big singles from JT, P!nk and Miley Cyrus.

At 7.6% (7.3 TEA), Rob Stringer’s Columbia got a year-end 0.5% boost from Beyoncé’s surprise holiday blockbuster, which enjoyed a 618k bow this week. Columbia also had monsters in Daft Punk (#13) and a Q4 smash from One Direction (#16) Oh, and Adele sold another 585k.

The IGA of Iovine, Janick and Berman moved up to 7.0% (+1.0) and a potent 7.7 in TEA.

What was rocking their Beats Pills? Eminem (#2), Imagine Dragons (#5) and explosive track sales by iTunes champ Robin Thicke as well as the aforementioned Em and Dragons.

Next comes Steve Barnett’s freshly reorganized and invigorated Capitol Music Group, which scored a 6.5% frontline share, up a hearty 3.9% (7.0 TEA), powered in part by #18 Katy Perry and her 4m single sales.

Mike Dungan’s UMG Nashville was ropin’ and a-ridin’ with a yeee-haw-worthy 5.3% (up a nifty 3.5%), thanks to boy-howdy sales by Luke Bryan (#3), among others.

Steve Bartels’ Island Def Jam garnered 3.7% and 4.1 TEA thanks to Rihanna, Kanye West and weekly single-slinger Justin Bieber. Next came Cameron Strang’s Warner Bros., which added 0.7% for a 3.5 frontline and 4.9 TEA, with Blake Shelton (#9). Gary O’s Sony Nashville rounds out the Top 10 with 2.1%.

TOP 10 ALBUMS		YTD/RTD
1	Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (RCA)	2.39m
2	Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)	1.50m
3	Luke Bryan, Crash My Party (Capitol Nashville)	1.40m
4	Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox (Atlantic)	1.35m/1.82m
5	Imagine Dragons, Night Visions (KidinaKorner/Interscope)	1.29m/1.67m
6	Drake, Nothing Was the Same (Young Money/Cash Money/Rep)	1.26m
7	Florida Georgia Line, Here’s to the Good Times (Republic Nashville)	1.24m/1.38m
8	Jay Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail (Roc Nation)	1.08m
9	Mumford & Sons, Babel (Glassnote)	1.07m/2.52m
10	Blake Shelton, Based on a True Story (WB)	1.07m
TOP 11 SINGLES		YTD/RTD
1	Robin Thicke f/T.I. & Pharrell, “Blurred Lines” (Star Trak/Int.)	6.38m
2	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop” (Macklemore)	6.09m/7.20m
3	Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (KidinaKorner/Interscope)	5.32m/5.48m
4	Florida Georgia Line, “Cruise” (Republic Nashville)	4.58m/6.20m
5	P!nk f/Nate Ruess, “Just Give Me a Reason” (RCA)	4.27m
6	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Can’t Hold Us” (Macklemore)	4.16m
7	Katy Perry, “Roar” (Capitol)	4.07m
8	Lorde, “Royals” (Lava/Republic)	4.00m
9	Bruno Mars, “When I Was Your Man” (Atlantic)	3.88m/4.07m
10	Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko, “Stay” (Island/IDJ)	3.81m