Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending May 29) totaled 6.67 million units, up 23% compared to the sum last week (5.41 million) and up 34% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (4.98 million). Year to date album sales stand at 125.86 million, up less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (125.42 million). It's the first time we've had a year over year gain in album sales since the sales week ending Jan. 22, 2006, when we were up by 2%.
