New interim trade delivery figures from the IFPI show that of the top five music territories, the UK was the best performer digitally with sales worth $115.8m (?74.52m) already (they stood at $169.5m [?109.02m] at the end of 2007).

Thus, although physical sales slumped 10% - the UK and US markets combined accounted for a 60% loss of physical sales globally - in the same period, the digital growth prevented a total collapse.

Digital sales now account for 16% of ...