2009 U.S. Music Purchases up 2.1% over 2008: Nielsen
Total sales of albums, singles, music videos, and digital tracks topped 1,545 million units in 2009, a 2.1% increase from 2008’s 1,513 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In 2009, 36% of all...
View ArticleBillboard Champions The CD, Continued Decline Notwithstanding
“Regardless of the strategies chosen by artists and labels to best serve those fans who still desire physical product, they should continue to supply CDs and LPs to the market,” writes Billboard’s...
View ArticleDigital Song Sales: Back To Flat With ’09
After ten weeks of lagging behind 2009’s tallies, year-to-date sales of digital tracks edged the prior-year in the week ending June 6. Nielsen SoundScan reports year-to-date track downloads of 510.6...
View ArticleSwift Sells 1 Million Copies Of New Album In First Week
Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” (Big Machine) sold 1,047,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan (via Billboard). The last album to top the sum within a week’s time was Lil...
View ArticleU.S. Album Sales Top 326 Million Units in 2010; Digital Accounts for 26% of...
Eminem may have staged a “Recovery” in 2010, but the year held a more nuanced sales story for the music industry overall. The rapper’s comeback album was the best-selling of the year, with “Recovery”...
View ArticleU.S. Music Sales Decline Slows in Q1
U.S. music sales during the first quarter were down by 1.3% from the same period in 2010 — and that may be good news, since the rate of decline was 6.1% a year ago, reports Billboard. Digital sales...
View ArticleDigital Music: Track Sales Up in Year-To-Date
On the heels of the RIAA releasing its 2010 music market figures, Billboard reports that growth has returned to digital track sales in 2011. Through May 1, sales of new release tracks are up 10%, while...
View ArticleDigital Companies Join Brick-and-Mortar Giants on Music Retailer Trade...
With digital distribution now representing nearly one third of all U.S. album sales, Jim Donio, president of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), tells CNET that the music...
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