This according to latest data from Nielsen SoundScan. Nearly 54 million tracks purchased during the first 26 weeks of this year. At that rate Internet song sales are on their way to cross the 100 million threshold by year’s end, according to data.
By comparison, SoundScan reported just 19.2 million paid downloads during the second half of last year — the first six months it began tracking digital distribution. On a weekly basis, digital downloads have grown from 300,000 to an average of about 2.4 million.
OutKast led the pack for online song sales with more than 321,000 downloads of its hit single “Hey Ya!” since June 2003, followed by Maroon 5’s “This Love,” Hoobastank’s “The Reason,” Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and No Doubt’s “It’s My Life.”
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