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# Yo Yo Ma Scores Digital Record
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/yo_yo_ma_scores/
- Published: 2007-01-19T05:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-01-19T05:30:00.000Z
- Description: Yo-Yo Ma has become the first Sony BMG classical artist to sell more digital copies than CDs in its first week. Released on January 9, the Grammy-winning cellist’s Sony Classical. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/01/yo_yo_ma_scores.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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Yo-Yo Ma has become the first Sony BMG classical artist to sell more digital copies than CDs in its first week. Released on January 9, the Grammy-winning cellist’s Sony Classical recording "Appassionato" also enjoyed the all-time highest percentage of first week digital sales for a Billboard Top 200 release on parent SONY BMG. The album peaked at No. 2 on iTunes’ overall album charts and finished the week at #4 with 57.1% of all sales being digital.

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The strong digital numbers helped propel this recording to the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top Classical chart and #79 on Billboard’s Top 200\. In addition, the CD peaked at the #1 position on Amazon.com’s  
classical chart and #15 on the overall album chart during its initial week.

Yo-Yo Ma is further experimenting with digital via a podcast series based around this album and his entire catalog is now available for digital purchase.