5 posts and columns on Nielsen Soundscan

The Music Business Welcomes the Future, a Decade Behind Schedule

in Media on January 6 at 4:36 am PT

Maybe it was Adele. Maybe it was Lady Gaga. Or maybe just gravity. But the music labels are finally selling more digital stuff than discs.
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Did the Beatles Just Save the Music Business? No! But Sales Are Up…

in Media on May 12, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Still can’t call it a turnaround. But music sales are indeed up in the U.S. this year, and that’s because digital sales have new life again. That can’t be because the Beatles are on iTunes. (Right?)

Music’s Digital Sales Boom Comes to an End

in Media on April 9, 2010 at 6:54 am PT

Remember when people used to predict that digital music sales would make up for the disappearing CD? That’s officially over now: Last quarter, for the first time ever, the number of digital songs sold in the U.S. declined.

Music’s Sales Slump Slowed–But Not Stopped–By Michael Jackson and the Beatles

in Media on October 5, 2009 at 4:41 am PT

The good news: Two of music’s biggest acts helped slow the industry’s sales slump last quarter. The bad news: It’s still slumping. And the Fab Four and MJ are probably out of tricks.
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