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Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" Breaks Single-Week Download Sales Record

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 1:15pm.
New York - Epic Records recording artist Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" broke the single-week download sales record last week, The New York Times reported on Monday.
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U.S. Music Sales Rise, Global Sales Remain Flat During 2004

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 23, 2005 - 9:23am.
Washington -- The U.S. music industry saw a reprieve from several years of sluggish sales last year, while global sales remained flat, according to data from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). U.S. CD shipments were up 2% in 2004, to 814 million units -- the first increase in five years -- while the value of these shipments to retailers was up 2.7%, to $12.2 billion. The RIAA said that 140 million digital tracks were purchased in the U.S. from online retailers during 2004, and that DVD music video shipments increased 66%. Meanwhile, the IFPI said global music sales were flat in 2004, with a slight decline in audio format sales offset by growth in DVD music videos and digital downloads. While CD shipments were down 0.9% in value, DVD music videos were up 23.2%, and a total of 200 million digital tracks were sold in the four major markets: the U.S., U.K., France and Germany. IFPI chairman and CEO John Kennedy called the numbers the "best year-on-year performance in five years," adding, "this is testimony to the tremendous progress of the legitimate digital music sector in the last 12 months, as well as to our decisive enforcement actions against illegal file-sharing."
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