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November 21, 2008 6:01:03 AM CST



As Digital Gains, Album Sales Plunge 11%

Posted Jul 3, 08 6:35 AM CDT in Arts & Living Business 

(Newser) – CDs continue to go the way of the 8-track, losing further ground to digital music. Another big drop in CD sales is being driven by the closure of Virgin stores and reduced shelf space at outlets like Target. CD sales are off 16% over the last 12 months and total album sales have dropped 11%, Variety reports.

Digital's share of the market climbed to 15.5% of all album sales, or 31.6 million units. The top three albums of 2008 all come from Universal Music Group: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, Jack Johnson's Sleep Through the Static, and Mariah Carey's E=MC2.

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The closure of Virgin record stores helped drive down the sales of CDs further.   (Magnum Photos)
Singer Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" album is on eof the biggest selling albums of 2008.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Rapper Lil' Wayne makes an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live." His album, "Tha Carter III" is the biggest seller of 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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