POLL: Will UK album sales decline be reversed over the next five years?

RHIAN JONES

Overall UK album sales have dropped in Q2 by 5.2%, as digital still shows potential for growth.

Some 19.5 million albums were sold over the last three months, according to BPI/Official Charts Company figures, with the artist albums market dropping 7.7% annually and compilations rallying by 5.8%.

Digital album sales were up 10.2% to 7.9 million units, but this growth was not enough to cancel out a 14.4% fall in the CD albums sector.

However, in Q1 this year, ...

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