US album sales continue to slump, despite digital growth
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Nielsen SoundScan has released mid-year data on the US music market, and they reveal that album sales are continuing to fall - an 11% drop compared to the first half of last year. That’s 204.6 million units sold in the first six months of 2008, with CD sales falling 16.3% while digital album sales increased 34.4%. Digital sales now account for 15.4% of album sales in the US. (more…)
