Album sales hit the skids again last week, dipping by 10.4% week-on-week to 1,938,543, writes Alan Jones.
 
It's the first time they've fallen below the psychologically important 2m mark for nine weeks, and amounts to the second worst week for sales in the last five years, being superior only to the tally of 1,821,632 plumbed 17 weeks ago.
 
So far this year, the compilation sector has held up much better than the artist album sector but compilations fell ...