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Article: The NPD Group: Digital Music Increases Share of Overall Music Sales Volume in the U.S.
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- Entertainment Newsweekly
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- September 4, 2009
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According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, while CDs remain the most popular format for paid music purchases, digital music sales are making up an ever-greater share of U.S. music sales. CDs comprised 65 percent of all music sold in the first half of 2009 compared to paid digital downloads, which comprised 35 percent of music sales. By comparison, paid digital music downloads comprised just 20 percent of sales in 2007 - growing to 30 percent of the music market last year.
"Many people are surprised that the CD is still the dominant music delivery format, given the attention to digital music and the shrinking retail footprint for physical ...