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The complete first-half breakdown in the US, as supplied by Nielsen Soundscan. All commentary offered by Nielsen Soundscan, re-posted verbatim. These are US stats.
Total Sales Units (2010 vs. 2009)
· Mid Year
o Overall albums are down -11.0%, with 154MM units sold
§ Physical albums are down -17.7%, with 112MM units sold
§ Digital albums are up +13.7%, with 42MM units sold
o Digital tracks are flat (down -0.2%), with 597MM units sold
· Q1 (Only)
o Overall albums are down -7.9%, with 82MM units sold
§ Physical albums are down -14.4%, with 60MM units sold
§ Digital albums are up +16.0%, with 22MM units sold
o Digital tracks are down -0.9%, with 312MM units sold
· Q2 (Only)
o Overall albums are down -14.2%, with 72MM units sold
§ Physical albums are down -21.3%, with 52MM units sold
§ Digital albums are up +11.3%, with 20MM units sold
o Digital tracks are up +0.5%, with 285MM units sold
Formats: Sales Units (2010 vs. 2009)
· Mid Year
o CD sales are down -17.9%, with over 110MM units sold
§ Current CD are -14.7%
§ Catalog CD are -22.1%
o Digital albums are up +13.7%, with 42MM units sold
§ Current Digital Albums are +15.5%
§ Catalog Digital Albums are +11.8%
o Vinyl sales are up 9.1%, with over 1.3MM units sold
o Digital tracks are flat (down -0.2%), with 597MM units sold
· Q1 vs. Q2 album sales changes: Q1 album sales were down -7.9% vs. the prior year. Q2 album sales were down -14.2% vs. the prior year. Q1 performed better in 2010 due to (a) a strong new release schedule (Lady Antebellum, Sade), and (b) carryover (Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas).
o Sales of Current (releases 18 months and newer) tell the story: In recent years, Q1 typically sees declines in the high teens. In Q1 2010 the decline was only -4.1%. Q2 sales declines also performed slightly better than in recent years past. Current declined -13.2% in Q2 2010 vs. 2009. The year before, the Q2 decline was -19.3% for Q2.
· Catalog: catalog sales continue to lag behind sales of current (releases 18 months and newer) in 2010. At the mid-year mark, current is down -8.5% and catalog is down -13.9% from the prior year. Similarly, the digital tracks follow a similar trend: current is up 4.9% and catalog down -3.4%
· Digital track growth: In Q1 it was noted that digital track sales were down -0.9% from the prior year. Sales are up once again in Q2, up +0.5%. Digital tracks are expected to continue to experience growth through the remainder of 2010.
· Eminem: Recovery sold nearly 1.1MM units in 2 weeks, 741 of them 1st week. It was the biggest first week since AC/DC's Black Ice in 2008 (over a year and half ago).
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corey Friday, July 09, 2010
this isn't everything.
where are the stream counts from subscription services?
Maxwellian Friday, July 09, 2010
great data.
@cory - Nielsen tracks stream counts? had no idea...
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