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No Surprises As CD Sales Remain Down For Year As Download Soar

Arrow_5It should come as no surprise that US music sales were down 7% as 2005 ended, but music downloads more than doubled over last year according to Nielson Soundscan figures released Wednesday.

CD sales for 2005 through last Sunday were 602.2 million compared with 650.8 million for last year. Combined album and singles sales were down around 8%. Downloaded tracks were up a dramatic 148% to 332.7 million this year from 134.2 million in 2004. 

For more news coverage and analysis of this story read the Associated Press story in the LA Daily News here.

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