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# Digital Music Growth Slows As Global Sales Drop 10%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/digital-music-g/
- Published: 2008-01-24T08:32:38.000Z
- Updated: 2008-01-24T08:32:38.000Z
- Description: Global music sales dropped 10% in 2007 according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Digital music sales growth slowed to 40% during ’07 after doubling in 2006. Worldwide. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/01/digital-music-g.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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Global music sales dropped 10% in 2007 [according](http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200801240515DOWJONESDJONLINE000493%5FFORTUNE5.htm?ref=hypebot.com) to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Digital music sales growth slowed to 40% during ’07 after doubling in 2006.

Worldwide digital sales, which include iTunes and mobile downloads now account for 15% of the world’s music market, up from 10% in 2006, but hopes digital music sales would offset declines in physical music proved optimistic. Nielsen Soundscan has pegged the global music decline at 14% in 2007.

Global digital sales grew to $2.9B up from $2.1B in ’06,according to the IFPI. Single track downloads grew by 53% to 1.7 billion including those on full digital albums.