Digital music sales rising despite predictions

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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:57p.m.

Songstress Adele is 2011's digi-music queen (Reuters)

Songstress Adele is 2011's digi-music queen (Reuters)

The future of the music industry has looked bleak with CD sales plunging and record shops closing.

However, despite illegal downloads, digital music revenues has risen strongly.

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25 Jan 2012 11:39a.m.

Bruce wrote:

watching the video reminds me of the earlier days of digital downloads, when Napster was commonly used to download audio material. The music industry were complaining bitterly that Napster was causing CD sales to slump. Independent surveys were clearly showing that it were CD singles sales that were dropping. But the independent surveys were showing that Album sales were skyrocketing. Which led most experts to believe that people were downloading singles from Napster, deciding they liked the music, then going out and purchasing the album. The music industry have a good record of not telling the whole story when they complain about illegal downloads. This report certainly doesn't surprise me. Its about time the recording industry embraced the digital technology and realize the days of CD sales are gone.