For the 52-week period ending December 28th, according to retail data collected by Nielsen SoundScan: Physical album sales were down 20% Overall album sales dropped 14% after digital was added. Continue reading

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

173,000 of the 1.23M albums available sold at least 1 copy last year That means 85% of albums did not move a single copy all year. 80% of of all. Continue reading

Overall demand for music among U.S. internet users fell 2% in Q3 of 2008 according to a new NPD survey which included purchased CDs and downloads, P2P sites, and borrowing. Continue reading

Nielsen SoundScan reports show that Kid Rock’s "Rock N Roll Jesus" was the third best selling album of the year in the U.S. as of the beginning of December.  The. Continue reading

For week ending December 7, 2008 TW LW    Artist    Title                             1 D YOUNG,NEIL SUGAR MOUNTAIN2 D SPEARS,BRITNEY CIRCUS3 1. Continue reading

Accept for competitor 7Digital throwing down the kps gauntlet, the initial reaction to Amazon’s UK launch of their DRM-free MP3 download store have been generally positive. But the phone, fax. Continue reading

Best Selling Albums of 2008: 1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends2. Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static3. Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)4.. Continue reading

A new study by JupiterResearch, a Forrester Research company, predicts that digital music will grow from the current 18% to 41% of total sales in 5 years. Researchers credited stores. Continue reading