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Albums sales plunge, digital downloads soar in 2006 |
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Friday, 05 January 2007 |
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Albums are out. Digital downloads are in.
Sales figures for 2006 released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan show U.S. album sales down, but digital downloads up. The balance? Total music sales were up thanks to digital buying.
For the first time ever, a digital song — "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter — sold more than 2 million copies in one year, thanks to the play it got as the send-off song on "American Idol."
MUSIC STATS FOR 2006
— 588.2 million albums were sold in 2006 — a 4.9 percent decline from 2005
— Digital single song sales increased by 65 percent, with 582 million tracks sold
— Digital album sales more than doubled, with nearly 33 million sold
— Top selling album of the year? The soundtrack from the Disney Channel movie "High School Musical" sold more than 3.7 million copies.
— Albums by Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Nickelback and Justin Timberlake rounded out the top five.
— Country group Rascal Flatts was the biggest selling artist in 2006, with nearly 5 million albums sold and nearly 4 million digital track sales.
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