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# CD Sales Slip But Digital Turns The Tide
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/cd_sales_slip_b/
- Published: 2006-07-07T07:27:33.000Z
- Updated: 2006-07-07T07:27:33.000Z
- Description: For the first half of the year US CD sales dropped to 270.6 million units down 4.2% compared with the same period last year. But Nielsen SoundScan figures showed digital. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/07/cd_sales_slip_b.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

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For the first half of the year US CD sales dropped to 270.6 million units down 4.2% compared with the same period last year. But Nielsen SoundScan figures showed digital sales giving the industry a lift. Sales of full digital albums jumped 126% to 14.7 million during the first half of the year with digital tracks sales up 77% to 281 million.

Combined overall sales show a 1/10th of a percentage point increase over the first half of 2005\. Not much, but good news for an industry that has known only decline in recent years.

Sources: [Hollywood Reporter](http://news.com.com/Digital-music+sales+on+a+crescendo/2100-1027%5F3-6091069.html?ref=hypebot.com), Nielson SoundScan