New figures released by the Recording Industry Association of Japan reveal that music downloads were down 3% to 461.87 million in fiscal 2009 – the first time they’ve fallen since it started tracking them in 2005. Value-wise, the digital music market remained flat at 90.6 billion Yen. A 4% fall in mobile music downloads was the main offender – they make up 90% of the Japanese digital music market. The RIAJ highlights consumers spending less last year due to economic conditions, while also spending more time playing games.
New figures released by the Recording Industry Association of Japan
