Music Sales Continue To Fall
"Record company executives blame the decline on illegal music downloads and a consumer spending shift from CDs to video games and DVDs. In the last four years, global music sales have fallen about 20 percent overall. "
Music sales are up
"Online music file-sharing and other forms of piracy haven't gone away, but a gradual turnaround in U.S. music sales that began in the fall has picked up in the first quarter of this year, resulting in the industry's best domestic sales in years.
Overall U.S. music sales – CDs, legal downloads, DVDs, etc. – were up in the first three months of the year by 9.1 percent over the same period in 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan."
I guess it depends on which message you want to get out.
Posted on April 10, 2004 04:22 PM