The Nielsen Company has injected a positive note into the industry debate around recorded music sales, by claiming that overall sales are UP 1.6% in the US so far in 2011. While physical sales are down, Nielsen says that digital album and track purchases are up 16.8% and 9.6% respectively. The Beatles are part of the reason apparently – catalogue album sales are up 5.4% fuelled by iTunes sales of the Fab Four’s albums – although there are other factors.Read more:http://tinyurl.com/6ar5kke
Nielsen outlines US music growth
