Downloading music illegally still fails to undercut album sales
Posted on: Apr 11, 2012 |
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In spite of the rise in illegal music downloads and file sharing, music sales in the 21st century are as high as they were over 30 years ago, a survey has revealed. The official charts company’s top 40 biggest selling albums of all time revealed that many modern day artists are in fact getting similar sales figures as their musical counterparts from the 70s and 80s.
Queen’s 1981 greatest hits album topped the chart, many stars from today’s music scene also worked their way into the popular list. At number six was Adele’s album “21”that released last year while Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black released in 2006 ranked twelfth. Queen, The Beatles, Abba, Oasis and Michael Jackson were among the top five and other 21st century artists like James Blunt, Dido, Leona Lewis, Michael Buble and Take That also made it to the list. |
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