April 29th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Compilation albums have certainly never gone away, but their sales in the UK have declined steadily since 2004, when 39m units were sold.

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December 7th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Next Big Sound's latest blog post aims to measure the impact of social media on iTunes sales.

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December 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Beatport has opened its Beatport Mixes service up to the public as an open beta, following trials with DJs including Moby, Diplo and Paul Van Dyk. It's a section of the store where DJs can sell mixes,...

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September 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

Riding on the strength of its CD sales, Japan's recorded music market remains as unique as ever. Digital sales continue to show a steep decline, in a country where the industry is reluctant to experiment...

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August 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

Media group Vivendi announced financial results for Q2 of 2012.

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August 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Indian download service Flyte, launched by ecommerce giant Flipkart in February, has notched up 600,000 download sales in six months.

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July 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

Stats from Nielsen and Billboard reveal total album sales were down 3.2% to 150.5m units, but digital album sales rose 13.8% to 57.2m units. Digital track sales rose 5.6% to 698m.

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July 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Latest stats from Nielsen and Billboard reveals total album sales were down 3.2% to 150.5m units, but digital album sales rose 13.8% to 57.2m units. Digital track sales rose 5.6% to 698m.

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May 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

Music Week has reported that 55.5% of UK label revenue in the first quarter of the year came from digital services and subscription streaming revenue almost doubled to £9m.

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