December 2012
In this issue:
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
US album sales
By Richard Thorne
Okay, so we all know that the music industry’s in a precipitous decline and that it’s become a singles-dominant market, but these recently publicised stats on the US album market (from BigChampagne) are still an eye opener:
# Albums that sold at least one copy in 2009: 98,000
# Number of albums selling less than 100 copies in 2009: 81,000
(so 17,000 albums must’ve sold more than 100 copies)
(so 17,000 albums must’ve sold more than 100 copies)
# Albums selling more than 10,000 units in 2009: 1,319
# Albums selling more than 250,000 units in 2009: 85
(and, by way of contrast looking back just a few years)
(and, by way of contrast looking back just a few years)
# Albums selling more than 250,000 units in 2001: 214
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