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# After 7 Yr Decline Music Sales Up In 1st Half Of 2011
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-sales-up-in-first-half-of-2011/
- Published: 2011-07-07T12:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-07-07T12:55:00.000Z
- Description: It's much too early to call this a trend, but after 7 years of decline Nielsen Soundscan data is showing that U.S. music sales are up for the first half. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/07/music-sales-up-in-first-half-of-2011.html]
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It's much too early to call this a trend, but after 7 years of decline Nielsen Soundscan data is showing that U.S. music sales are up for the first half of 2011\. Through the week ending July 3:

- Album sales (physical and digital) were up almost 1%
- Track Equivalent Albums were up 3.6% to 221.5 million units, from 213.6 million a year ago.

**MORE DATA:**

> *The album figures include compact discs and digital albums. Nielsen also counts 10 tracks sold individually as one album.*

- The top-selling album was Adele's "21," with 2.5 million albums sold
- Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was second with 1.5 million albums, thanks largely to the 99 cents promotion on Amazon
- Digital album sales are up 19%; and Digital tracks sales are up 11%.
- Overall music sales (albums, singles, music videos) are up 8.5%.
- Rap, Rock, Electronic, New Age, and Classical genres have all posted increases from 1% to 13%.