BREAKING! Album Sales Down, Digital Sales Up
Not Jay-Z’s concept album. Not Alicia Keys’ monstrous comeback. Not even a staged chart battle between Kanye and 50 could save the music industry in ‘07.
U.S. album sales plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the beleaguered recording industry marked another weak year of sales despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to figures released Thursday.
A total of 500.5 million albums sold as CDs, cassettes, LPs and other formats were purchased last year, down 15 percent from 2006’s unit total, said Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks point-of-purchase sales…
The number of digital tracks sold, meanwhile, jumped 45 percent to 844.2 million, compared to 588.2 million in 2006, with digital album sales accounting for 10 percent of total album purchases. [ Full Story: SFGate ]
Same sh*t. Different toilet.
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Someone Says:
first…
i didn’t know this.
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Roc_Representa Says:
The problem is that it’s comparing digital track sales to album sales. That’s not really a fair comparison.
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Rizoh Says:
^True, but digital album sales are also up from the previous year.
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THE-XFACTA Says:
This trend has been going on for years, how is this news?
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Rizoh Says:
4. THE-XFACTA Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 6:50 am e
This trend has been going on for years, how is this news?
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Hence the sarcastic title. Duh.
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truth Says:
THE NEW MUSIC SUCKS. ITS HORRIBLE.
RIDICULOUS.
BLING BLING
HOES, ETC ETC ETC.
NONE OF THESE RECORDS SAY ANYTHING NEW.
THE RAP MUSIC IF YOU REALLY LISTEN TO IT SOUNDS LIKE 80′S TECHNO WITH THOSE CHEAP SOUNDING ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD NOISES.
WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT. WE’RE JUST SUPPOSED TO KEEP BUYING THIS GARBAGE. I DON’T THINK SO.
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