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The Year in Music
February 1, 2011
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Nielsen Soundscan data for the music business has 2010 has been flooding in, and numbers crunchers have a lot to work with in looking at the year in music. The news is not good. Overall revenue continued to drop and digital sales have largely plateaued. Here are some of the details for the US for the 52 week period ending on January 2, 2011:
Category
Total
Change
Albums (overall)
326.2 million
-12.7%
Albums (physical)
240 million
-19%
Albums (digital)
86.3 million
+ 3%
Digital Tracks
1.172 billion
+1%
Vinyl
2.8 million
+14%
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