If one of the music industry's New Year's Resolutions was to sell more albums in 2011, it's perhaps fortunate that the bar is now lower than ever. For the fourth straight year, CD sales in the U.S. dropped by 20 percent, and music sales in general fell 12.8 percent compared to the already-not-good 2009 totals. That's according to Nielsen SoundScan's year-end sales roundup, which has become an almost annual buzz kill/reminder of just how bad things are in the music biz.
How bad is it? To begin with, the 326.2 million albums sold in 2010 was the lowest total since Nielsen SoundScan began keeping tabs on sales in 1991.
Illegal downloading is not their enemy. It's awful music. People can here samples of an entire album before buying, so it better be good. The days of "money for nothing are over". People want quality.
Illegal downloading is not their enemy. It's awful music. People can here samples of an entire album before buying, so it better be good. The days of "money for nothing are over". People want quality.
Illegal downloading is not their enemy. It's awful music. People can here samples of an entire album before buying, so it better be good. The days of "money for nothing are over". People want quality.
Amen. Nobody is checking for albums from mainstream artists these days. They put out their best songs as singles and the rest is just fillers. The music industry is too gimmicky.
Illegal downloading is not their enemy. It's awful music. People can here samples of an entire album before buying, so it better be good. The days of "money for nothing are over". People want quality.
True. That's why I haven't bought an album in 6 years.
Only albums worth buying this year for me were "Strip Me" by Natasha Bedingfield, "A Thousand Suns" by Linkin Park and "A Year Without Rain" by Selena Gomez & The Scene.
