Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Digital albums sales in the UK reach 10 million in this year

Ten million digital albums (three million more than in same period in 2010) have been already sold in the UK this year. This numbers show that market with digital albums rapidly grows and digital music get new opportunity because people have become more interested not just in digital singles. But still nearly 80% of UK album sales are on physical CDs.

The most sold digital album was Adele's "21". Adele is UK singer and songwriter and also her first album “19” stayed very popular. On the second and third position in UK sales were albums of American artists: Rihanna's "Loud" and "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" from pop singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. Number four took "Who You Are" from British singer Jessie J. The best five closed Chase & Status with their album called "No More Idols".

Analysis predict more than 20 million digital albums sold in the UK this year. Another way how legally listen to music is streaming music. TouchDiva offers application for your iPhone or PC and soon also for Blackberry and MAC. For numbers from USA click here.

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