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The figures from the latest Nielsen Soundscan mid-year report are in and have shown that digital track sales are declining in the US whilst digital album sales continue to grow, albeit at a slower rate than previously. <\/p>\n
For the year to date as of June 2013, figures show a 2.3% drop to 682.2 million units compared to 698 million in H1 2012.<\/p>\n
Track sales declined 1.34% in Q1 to 356.5 million. In Q2 the decline more than doubled to 3.3%, with track sales totaling 325.7 million units this year compared to 336.7 million in Q2 2012.<\/p>\n
Big digital track sellers for 2013 stacked up as below:<\/p>\n
51 songs with over 1 million sales (compared to 47 songs in 2012)
13 songs at over 2 million sales
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis\u2019 Thrift Shop (featuring Wanz) lead with 5.6 million sales<\/p>\n
Million-sellers in the albums market are more sparse, with Justin Timberlake’s The 20\/20 Experience the only LP to surpass the milestone with 2.04 million units, although Bruno Mars’s Unorthodox Jukebox is likely to reach the figure soon.<\/p>\n
Adele was 2012’s only million milestone-surpassing act as 21 achieved 3.7million units.<\/p>\n
Overall album market sales declined (moreso in Q2 – 6.4% – than Q1 – 4.9%) but digital albums sales continued to grow, albeit at a slower rate.<\/p>\n
Album sales figures have accumulated as below:<\/p>\n
Album sales down 5.6% decreased to 142 million united (compared to 150.5million in mid-2012)
Digital album sales increased 6.3% year-on-year to 60.8m units in the first half of 2013
15 albums at more than 500,000 units (compared to 11 in 2012)
Catalogue sales fell 20 million to 366.7million<\/p>\n
Label marketshare was led by Universal with 37.6% in albums and equibvalents albums (equalling 10 tracks), followed by Sony and Warner. The share of Indies dropped from 12.7% to 12.1%<\/p>\n
Sources: Billboard & Music Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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