CD sales are rising
Published April 28, 2004
Online music file-sharing and other forms of piracy haven't gone away, but a gradual turnaround in U.S. music sales that began in the fall has picked up in the first quarter of this year, resulting in the industry's best domestic sales in years.
Overall U.S. music sales — CDs, legal downloads, DVDs, etc. — were up in the first three months of the year by 9.1 percent over the same period in 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Album sales were up 9.2 percent. Sales of CDs, which represent 96 percent of album sales, rose 10.6 percent. For the first time since 2000, two recording artists — Norah Jones and Usher — managed to sell more than 1 million copies of their albums in a single week this year.
Yet more evidence that the good folk at the RIAA are just full of crap.
Thanks to Wendy for the tip.
- CD sales are rising
- Published: April 28, 2004
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I believe that they're claiming that the lawsuits did the trick.
At my local music outlets, the prices have come down considerably since October last year. Gee, d'ya think maybe they were overpriced for a while?
I can only hope that this does not help
to further fuel the RIAA's agenda of the
aggressive crackdown on downloaders.
Make prices reasonable and people will stop stealing music. Make better music, and people will start purchasing music.
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imagine that...
gee, the economy is turning around as well.
related? nah!!!!!