Sales of music down just 0.6% in 2009, ERA says

Wednesday, Mar 24th 2010 at 10:46AM

The retail organisation's Annual Yearbook, published today, reveals that music sales were worth £1.314bn in 2009, down from £1.324bn in 2008.

By volume, 154.8m units (including music video) were sold in 2009, compared to 155.7m in 2008.

The results come despite the closures of Woolworths and Zavvi at the start of 2009, poor economic conditions and intense price pressure on music.

The figures compare favourably to the other entertainment sectors: sales of video were down 10.6% by value on the ...

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