Digital Music Sales

King Of Pop Hype Being Used On iTunes!

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Michael Jackson’s King Of Pop album is on sale on UK iTunes in the lead up to his comeback announcement!
This is going straight to #1, no doubt!
If you dont have a copy already (and even if you do) BUY IT!

Pirates rule the music world, unfortunately!

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Although legal digital downloads were at an all-time high in 2008, passing the 1 billion mark, there is still an enormous gap between legal and illegal downloading of music.
Illegal downloads were clocked at 40 billion for 2008.
That is a heck of a lot of stolen music!

UK Weekly Singles Charts

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Alexandra Burke has been the queen of both overall singles charts and iTunes UK singles charts as well.
Burke’s “Hallelujah” was the top selling single in the UK this week. She also managed to hold onto the #1 spot on the iTunes UK charts for the majority of the week before a Lady Gaga sales rush came through [...]

UK Weekly Album Charts

Monday, January 5th, 2009

The UK album charts are in, and Take That have maintained their grip on the nation, with another week at the #1 spot.
A surprise placing in the top 10 goes to Girls Aloud at #6. Because of a sale campaign, their 2006 greatest hits album re-enters the UK Top 40.
UK Top 10 Albums (this week):
#1. [...]

Digital Kings of ‘08

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

As previously reported, more than 1 billion tracks were sold digitally in 2008, making it the biggest digital year yet. Digital track sales ended up totalling 1,070 million for the year.
The top selling digital artist overall in 2008 was Rihanna. The top selling digital song went to Leona Lewis for her power-ballad ‘Bleeding Love’. Finally, 2008’s biggest selling digital album [...]

Xfactor stars #1 and #2 on UK iTunes singles charts

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Simon Cowell must be one VERY rich man. And what better way for him to celebrate Xmas than by breaking all kinds of UK download records whilst having the top 2 on the iTunes UK charts signed to your Syco Music label. The iTunes UK singles charts ‘top two’ are as follows:
#1 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
#2 Leona [...]

“King Of Pop” #1 on UK iTunes

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Michael Jackson doesn’t have to make new music to be #1 on an array of different charts. And he doesn’t even have to promote it to sell it!
His “King of Pop” album, released in a number of countries, with tracks being voted on by his fans to decide the tracklisting, is currently the #1 album [...]

1 billion and climbing - Digital sales of 2008

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Music stores are closing down, and digital music sales are going up and up! Official sales figures show that legal music downloads in 2008 have been mighty impressive!
According to Nielsen SoundScan, more than 1 billion digital songs were purchased during 2008. The 1 billion mark was reached on December 14.
Overall digital sales have had a 200% increase since 2006, and are up more than [...]