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# Download Buyers Less Hit Driven Than Record Store Sales
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/download_buyers/
- Published: 2006-05-09T08:39:31.000Z
- Updated: 2006-05-09T08:39:31.000Z
- Description: Click on image to enlarge. 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. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/05/download_buyers.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

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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.](http://longtail.typepad.com/the%5Flong%5Ftail/?ref=hypebot.com) 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.