Digital tracks are outselling physical singles by a growing margin (much as I expected, back in April)…digital download sales outpaced physical singles 857,000 to 170,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures for the week ending Oct. 26. That’s slightly more than a 5-to-1 ratio.
Label and technology executives say the growth of track sales online shows that the industry is starting to fulfill a consumer demand that previously was being met only by unlicensed, free peer-to-peer networks
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