New music sales stats via NARM President Jim Donio: "After six previous Top 10 albums, Rihanna scored her first chart-topper this week selling about a quarter million of her new Unapologetic set… Adele’s 21 became, appropriately, the 21st album to cross the 10-million-sales mark since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. While overall album sales volume is down about 4% for the year, digital album sales volume is up about 15% and track sales are up 6%."
Major new releases in the next few weeks could help the industry make up for some of the overall sales losses. Strong sales are expected from Alicia Keys, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Green Day, and The Game.
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