{"id":828,"date":"2011-07-08T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/07\/08\/overall-us-music-sales-in-plus-column-for-first-half-of-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-07-08T09:36:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T09:36:06","slug":"overall-us-music-sales-in-plus-column-for-first-half-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/07\/08\/overall-us-music-sales-in-plus-column-for-first-half-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Overall U.S. Music Sales In Plus Column For First Half Of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg\/125px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"130\" height=\"67\" \/><br \/>NARM, the music business association, is especially  encouraged by today&#8217;s report from Nielsen Soundscan that U.S. music sales are up  for the first half of 2011. It&#8217;s also the first time in seven years a positive  benchmark for album sales has been reached. Here are the stats through the week  ending July 3: Album sales (physical and digital) are up almost 1%; Track  Equivalent Albums (album sales, plus track sales where 10 tracks equal one  album) are up 3.6%; Digital album sales are up 19%; and Digital tracks sales are  up 11%. Overall music sales (albums, singles, music videos) are up 8.5%. Rap,  Rock, Electronic, New Age, and Classical genres have all posted increases from  1% to 13%.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is certainly very welcome news for the music business  given the rampant piracy the industry has faced in the past decade and continues  to confront worldwide,&#8221; said NARM President Jim Donio. \u201cWe are understandably  cautious, but it is indeed exciting to see that the needle is moving in the  right direction. Of course, everyone wants to get their heads around what has  inspired the upward trend after so many tough years. I think there is a  confluence of factors, including the shut down of Limewire; more paths for  legitimate digital commerce; a combination of successful new and catalog product  offering great music from Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Mumford and Sons, and  Katy Perry, among others; new value propositions being embraced by music fans;  the impact of Record Store Day; enhanced marketing efforts that maximize the use  of social media tools; and immediate access to music from TV  programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donio continued, \u201cThe increase in digital album sales year  over year has been particularly strong, with almost a third of albums sold being  delivered in a digital format. Just this week, Eminem\u2019s 2010 album Recovery  became the first album to hit a million in digital sales, and is expected to be  quickly followed by Adele\u2019s 21, which is the top selling album of this year so  far. On the physical front, the decline in CD sales has been stemmed  dramatically from -18% in 2010 to -6% this year so far, with sales actually up  about 1% in the second quarter of 2011. Vinyl continues its upward trajectory  with a 41% jump from 2010.<\/p>\n<p>About NARM:<br \/>Established in 1958, NARM  (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) is the trade association for  the business of music, providing the central platform for the discussion of  industry-wide concerns, spearheading the implementation of initiatives to  promote music commerce, and advocating for common interests. Members include  companies and individuals from all aspects of music distribution, including  physical, digital, and mobile outlets as well as gaming, applications,  merchandise, video and more. NARM members have access to a variety of  conferences, virtual seminars, networking opportunities, information and  education resources, including the Annual Convention, one of the most important  events on the music industry calendar. NARM is a non-profit organization based  in Marlton, New Jersey. Visit us at www.narm.com.<\/p>\n<p>Source: NARM<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARM, the music business association, is especially encouraged by today&#8217;s report from Nielsen Soundscan that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}