The Nielsen SoundScan numeral for Jan. 1 to July 1 are out — unsurprisingly , record album sales are down 15 percent from the same period last year ( 229.8 million sell ) while digital tracks are up 49 percent ( 417.3 million sell ) . Despite the digital uptick , however , overall music sale keep settle .
Even with digital unmarried sales flap into album , there ’s a 9.2 pct bead — which might be the most important routine of the batch , since it intend people are n’t just switching from album to tracks , but are buying ( though not inevitably use up ) less euphony .
So allow ’s see it : Have you bought fewer albums or birdsong this year than before ? If so , why ? Do you still chafe with CDs or are you an all - digital headbanger ?
Digital Purchases Rise as Album Sales Fall[AP / NYT ]
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