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# 2008 CD & Ringtone Sales Fall, Digital Growth Slows
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/2008-cd-rington/
- Published: 2009-01-02T07:17:35.000Z
- Updated: 2009-01-02T07:17:35.000Z
- Description: For the 52-week period ending December 28th, according to retail data collected by Nielsen SoundScan: Physical album sales were down 20% Overall album sales dropped 14% after digital was added. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/01/2008-cd-rington.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

For the 52-week period ending December 28th, according to retail data collected by [Nielsen SoundScan](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/stage%5Fnm/us%5Fsales?ref=hypebot.com):

- **Physical album sales were down 20%**
- **Overall album sales dropped 14%** after digital was added[![Down_arrow_red](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2009/01/02/down_arrow_red.jpg "Down_arrow_red")](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/stage%5Fnm/us%5Fsales?ref=hypebot.com)  
  - This follows a 15% drop in ’07 and represents a 45% decline since a high in 2000
- **Digital track sales were up 27%**  
  - Down from a 45% rise in ’07
- **Digital album sales grew 32%** to 65.8 million units  
  - Down from a 53% rise in ’07
- **Ringtone sales fell 33%** to 43.8 million units  
  - Only 1 sold 2M (Lil Wayne’s Lollipop ); in ’07 3 did.