UK album sales slump 13.8% in H1, digital up 17.3%

Monday, Jul 2nd 2012 at 2:24PM

The stats, based on Official Charts Company data, show that in Q2 2012, digital downloads accounted for 34.7% of all albums sold.

However, overall album sales in Q2, including physical formats, were down to 20.6m from 23.5m - a drop of 12.7% compared to the same quarter in 2011.

Digital album market volumes grew 15.0% in Q2 and 17.3% in the first half of the year.

The market for singles also continued to grow, with Q2 sales of 46.9m, up ...

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