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Download music buyers are less hit driven than their brick and mortar counterparts according to a study by Wired editor-in-chief Chris Andersen for his upcoming book The Long Tail. This chart compares Nielsen’s Soundscan (CD retail) data with Rhapsody downloads. To avoid over-compressing the vertical scale, he started at rank 100 and only shows the top 5,000 albums and compared he top 5 tracks from a CD as the total download vs. the full CD purchase.
