2009 is already the biggest year to date for the UK singles market, according to the BPI – and that’s even before the lucrative pre-Christmas period. 117 million single tracks have been sold so far, beating the 115.1 million sold in the whole of 2008. 98.6% of the 117 million single sales so far this year were digital.

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