Report: Album Sales Down 17.8% in May; Digital Down 13.1%
Los Angeles - U.S. album
sales were down 17.8% in May compared to the same period a year ago, and 36.7%
lower than sales reported in May 2007, Billboard reported.
For the year so far
through the end of May, album sales are down 13.4% from 2008.
Digital album
sales were also down 13.1% in May, and are down 7.6% so far this year.
Digital
track sales posted only modest gains during the month, showing gains of 5%, 6%, 2% and 5%, respectively, across the four weeks in May, according to Billboard.
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(Billboard)
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