French music industry suffers 6.7% decline in sales for Q1 2013

RHIAN JONES

The French music industry suffered from a decline in sales of 6.7% in Q1 2013, according to recently released figures.

The report comes from anti-piracy group Syndicat National de l’édition Phonographique (SNEP) in its first quarter results for the year.

According tho SNEP, the wholesale market for recorded music was worth 107.9 million euros in France, down 6.7% on the same period last year. Overall in 2012, sales fell 4.4%.

In Q1 2013, physical sales fell by 7.3% and for the ...

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