Digital won't compensate for physical until at least 2010
Jupiter Research predicts European digital revenue will not offset the decline in physical CD sales until at least 2010.…
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US album sales down even more
US album sales fell 15% in 2007 to 500.5 million units, though digital album sales rose 53%, lifting the overall recorded music market 14%.…
UK album sales down
UK album sales fell 10.8% in 2007 to 138.1 million units, while singles sales rose 29.3% thanks to downloads.…
Reznor on his Saul Williams download offer - how did it go?
Trent Reznor says he was disheartened that only 18.3% of the 154,449 downloaders of Saul Williams' album chose to pay $5 for it.…
Charts of the year 2007: Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis top the sales lists
Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love was the best-selling single of 2007 and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black the best-selling album, according to the year-end charts.…
Download sales see Christmas week boost
Download sales in the week after Christmas more than doubled on the same week of 2006, with 77 million downloads sold in 2007, a 50% increase, the BPI reports.…
Illegal file sharing: Limewire, BitTorrent trackers and The Pirate Bay
CMU's 2007 review covers record label lawsuits against individuals and Limewire, the closure of BitTorrent tracker OiNK, and The Pirate Bay remaining online.…
New download services in 2007: Amazon MP3 and closures
CMU's 2007 review covers Amazon's DRM-free MP3 pilot and several download store closures, including Virgin's and Sony's Connect, alongside Anywhere CD and Lala.…
Mergers and acquisitions in music in 2007
CMU's 2007 review covers Universal's purchases of V2 and BMG Music Publishing, and the European Commission's approval of SonyBMG despite IMPALA's objections.…
Radiohead, Prince and Madonna show the shifting music business balance
CMU reflects on how artists increasingly release music without labels, citing Radiohead's direct release, Prince's Mail On Sunday deal and Madonna's $120 million Live Nation contract.…
The EMI saga: from management shake-up to Terra Firma takeover
CMU's review of 2007 traces EMI's year, from Eric Nicoli firing recorded music chiefs to Terra Firma's buyout and the failed merger talks with Warner Music.…
Band splits and line-up changes of 2007
CMU's 2007 round-up of split bands and line-up changes includes New Order losing Peter Hook and Motley Crue losing Tommy Lee amid a lawsuit against his manager.…