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November 12, 2009

2009 Vinyl & Digital Music Sales Through The Roof...

Sales of digital music are reaching new milestones in 2009, Nielsen Soundscan reported today, while an old-school format is enjoying a big new lease on life…Total purchased album downloads are on pace to top last year’s figure of 65 million, the research firm says. With 2009 figures already at 63.9 million, the new record could come by next week….Sales of vinyl albums, meanwhile, have topped the 2-million mark, besting last year’s 1.9 million—tops since Soundscan began tracking music sales in 1991.

Billboard:

As of November 8, four artists broke Rihanna’s single-year digital tracks sales record of 9.9 million tracks: Michael Jackson (11.3 million tracks year-to-date), Lady Gaga (11.1 million tracks year-to-date), Black Eyed Peas (10.3 million tracks year-to-date) and Taylor Swift (9.98 million tracks year-to-date). The top three artists have already topped 10 million tracks sold this year and one, Taylor Swift, will surely pass the mark next week. Next week, sales of digital albums should surpass last year’s total of 65 million and sales of digital tracks should top the 1 billion mark.