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By The Numbers: Digital Music Sales Hit New High

Weekly U.S. digital track sales set a new record Dec. 22- 28 with 47.7 million sold That’s a 126% jump from the prior week Why the increase? Filling up iPods. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/12/by-the-numbers.html]

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    Weekly U.S. digital track sales set a new record Dec. 22- 28 with 47.7 million sold
  • That’s a 126% jump from the prior week
  • Why the increase? Filling up iPods and redeeming download cards received as gifts
  • Digital sales were up 27% from 2007
  • 1.07 billion tracks were sold in 2009

stats from SoundScan via Billboard