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# U.S. Digital Album Sales Up 15%, On Track For Record Breaking Year [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/us-digital-album-sales-up-15-on-track-for-record-breaking-year-infographic/
- Published: 2012-10-03T08:44:12.000Z
- Updated: 2012-10-03T08:44:12.000Z
- Description: For the first 9 months of 2012, digital album sales in the U.S. are up 15% over the same period last year. American fans have already purchased 1 billion digital. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/10/us-digital-album-sales-up-15-on-track-for-record-breaking-year-infographic.html
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- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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For the first 9 months of 2012, digital album sales in the U.S. are up 15% over the same period last year. American fans have already purchased 1 billion digital tracks, a pace that should break 2011’s record of 1.3 billion sold, according to Nielsen.

A look at music sales over the past few years show that an explosion of new devices including smartphones and tablets has played a major factor in the growth of digital music.

“As we look ahead, it’s clear that digital music purchases – and consumption through streaming sources -will continue to grow, and that consumers’ appetites for digital music will change at the speed of technology,” said David Bakula, SVP of Client Development at [Nielsen](http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/2012-digital-music-sales-on-pace-to-break-record?ref=hypebot.com). “These trends will no doubt continue to shape the way that music is discovered, marketed, consumed and sold.”

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