1. Music went music went digital the MP3 compression format shrunk those big music files into transportable size.
2In July 2000, nearly one in four adult internet users said they had downloaded music files, and most of them (54%) had used the Napster network to do. Record sales for the music industry continue to decline; the latest reports from Nielsen indicated that total album sales, including albums sold digitally, fell to 428.4 million units, down 14% from 500.5 million in 2007.
3. Digital album sales actually increased 32% during the same period—to a record 65.8 million units—they were still dwarfed by the 362.6 million physical units sold. Those who do continue to buy music still overwhelmingly choose CDs. According to our 2008 “Internet and Consumer Choice” report, just 13% of music buyers say their most recent music purchase was a digital download.
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