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Digtial Music in 2010
February 4, 2011
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Sifting through the Nielsen Soundscan numbers for music in 2010, Digital Music News found that digital music continues to grow in terms of total transactions, and as a percentage of total transactions. Still, due to lower prices, it hasn't been able to make up for the continuing losses in physical sales. Here's a look at how digital has grown over the last few years, as a percentage of total transactions in each category:
Category
2008
2009
2010
Digital (all formats)
32%
40%
46%
Digital Albums
15%
20%
26%
Apple continues to be the biggest player in digital music. In fact, it increased its share to 66.2%
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