Digital Tracks Set New Weekly Record
December 30, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Retail
By Ayala Ben-Yehuda, L.A. and Silvio Pietroluongo, N.Y.
Weekly digital track sales have set a new record, with 47.7 million sold in the U.S. between Dec. 22 – Dec. 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
That figure for Christmas week represents a 126% spike from the week prior, a likely reflection of consumers redeeming download gift cards or receiving MP3 players as gifts. The week’s top-selling digital song was Interscope artist Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance,” with 419,000 downloads.
Total digital track sales this year were 1,070,000,000 – up 27% from 2007, based on full year-end data.
All but two songs on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart increased their sales by triple-digit percentages last week. During the corresponding week last year, ten songs on that chart sold more than 200,000 downloads; this Christmas week, 15 songs did so.
Digital Tracks Set New Weekly Record
December 30, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Retail
By Ayala Ben-Yehuda, L.A. and Silvio Pietroluongo, N.Y.
Weekly digital track sales have set a new record, with 47.7 million sold in the U.S. between Dec. 22 – Dec. 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
That figure for Christmas week represents a 126% spike from the week prior, a likely reflection of consumers redeeming download gift cards or receiving MP3 players as gifts. The week’s top-selling digital song was Interscope artist Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance,” with 419,000 downloads.
Total digital track sales this year were 1,070,000,000 – up 27% from 2007, based on full year-end data.
All but two songs on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart increased their sales by triple-digit percentages last week. During the corresponding week last year, ten songs on that chart sold more than 200,000 downloads; this Christmas week, 15 songs did so.
I was hoping she would sell more! I don't think she has sold enough to get to no.1
WTF them sales are huge a lot people only expected 380-90K
I expected more. Sales are up from last year overall but this time last year low sold 467k. GaGa was way off. If she gets the no.1 on the hot 100 I won't mind
No, Flo Rida still holds the record with 467,149. But GaGa is now in second place for most sold, knocking down Timbaland and OneRepublic's Apologize 318,843.
This song has #1 written on it.
I don't think she has sold enough to get to no.1
] so she could get that first spot!