43.9m to 1.6m in 7 years for physical sales is more striking to me than the sharp downloads increase somehow. presumably it's not as steep for albums - still over 50% drop tho i'm guessing.
― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 29 October 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
But overall sales have quadrupled in 5 years: 2004: 32.2 mn, 2009ytd: 117.6 mn. I find that quite surprising. Did singles sales really profit that much from the mp3 format?
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 29 October 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
album sales presumably dropping because people are going to buy individual tracks off them if they don't like every track, right? (as one of many reasons.)
― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 29 October 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
as does this just mean singles or any individual tracks bought?
― fyi vagina (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 29 October 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. This doesn't adjust for the dramatic drop in physical single production - you can't buy physically what doesn't exist!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 October 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
you can't buy physically what doesn't exist!
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 29 October 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This doesn't adjust for the dramatic drop in physical single production - you can't buy physically what doesn't exist!
true but what % of singles released this year included physical format - i would've thought it would still cover at least two thirds of the year's chart hits (top 40 if not 75) but no idea really
― modescalator (blueski), Thursday, 29 October 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64133000/gif/_64133218_uk_singles_chart624.gif
Bear in mind we're only two and a half years into the 2010's...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 11:03 (eleven years ago) link
Mull of Kintyre? Wut is that?
― Binders Full of Mittens (President Keyes), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link