RIAJ: Japanese Downloads Soar In Q4

RIAJ LogoThe Japanese digital music market is distinguished by being inordinately represented by mobile music downloads, but PC downloads made a gain last year. Music downloads via PC in Japan doubled in the October-December quarter compared to the previous three months, mostly as a result of Apple’s entry into the market with iTunes. According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) “the number of PC-based download sales by the association’s 41 member companies in the fourth quarter of 2005 totaled 5 million, up 121% over the July-September period, for a wholesale value of

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