Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail

CD Sales Slip But Digital Turns The Tide

Cds_color_12For the first half of the year US CD sales dropped to 270.6 million units down 4.2% compared with the same period last year. But Nielsen SoundScan figures showed digital sales giving the industry a lift. Sales of full digital albums jumped 126% to 14.7 million during the first half of the year with digital tracks sales up 77% to 281 million. 

Combined overall sales show a 1/10th of a percentage point increase over the first half of 2005. Not much, but good news for an industry that has known only decline in recent years.

Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Nielson SoundScan

Bruce Houghton on 07/07/2006 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (1)
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  1. Does that number even make sense? I am listening to more music than before. And true to the number, I am spending approximately the same.
    I start to wonder if I am a typical music listener.

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