Vinyl and Single Tracks Reach New Heights
An interesting article in Billboard.biz showed some new facts about physical and digital goods. New records were set last week with both Vinyl and single track download sales. Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, and Taylor Swift all surpassed Rihanna’s 9.9 million track sales record. Estimates also say that within the next week the sale of digital tracks should reach the 1 Billion mark. As far as vinyl goes, year to date vinyl sales surpassed last years record of 1.9 million by reaching 2 million. Vinyl has come a long way over the years in music. It has always been looked at as a purer way to listen to the music versus digitally. Many artists and labels are now using this as an enticing way to make sales, packaging mp3 downloads with vinyl purchasing making a great digital/physical combination.
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