“Overall U.S. album sales rose 1.3% to 330.6 million units, up from 2010’s total of 326.2 million units.” “Total music sales last year enjoyed a 6.9% increase to 1.6 billion units, up from the nearly 1.51 billion sales transactions counted by Nielsen SoundScan in 2010.” “In digital songs, Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” scanned 5.2 million as the year’s top song seller; it was one of 112 tracks that each scanned more than 1 million units. Last year, 80 songs achieved that sales plateau.” http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/soundscan-s-year-end-charts-the-numbers-1005793352.story -Although CD sales are still going down, DIGITAL SALES are moving on up. -Which means music is selling better than it was. -Which means there’s hope.
believe in BUYING music. If you love something, support it. It’s as simple as that.
The way I see it, CD’s sales are going down but vinyl is making a slow comeback. and digital downloads are of course,...
beats anything else.