DRM Free Sends 7Digital Sales Soaring

UK download store 7Digital says its increased MP3 offering which includes EMI and WMG catalogs has sent site traffic up 130% since January and visits per month to nearly 2 million.

In March, when 7digital became the the first EU company to offer the Warner Music catalog  DRM free and instantly saw that label group's catalog sales more than double. Approximately 80% of 7digital's 4 million track catalog is available as MP3's.

Top 20 MP3 albums for 2008

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
2. Kylie Minogue – X
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
5. Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
6. Madonna – Hard Candy
7. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark
8. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
9. Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
11. The Kooks – Konk
12. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
13. Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture
14. Pendulum - In Silico
15. Mystery Jets - Twenty One
16. Santogold – Santogold
17. R.E.M. – Accelerate
18. Foals – Antidotes
19. Elliot Minor - Elliot Minor
20. Alphabeat – Fascination.