Digital Albums, Adele Help U.K. Music Industry Contain Slump
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Digital music album sales in the U.K. climbed 27 percent last year and singer Adele’s “21” set a new industry record, helping curb a slide in demand for CDs.
While digital album sales surged to 26.6 million units, sales of CDs dropped 12.6 percent to 86.2 million last year, the British Recorded Music Industry group BPI said today. Combined sales of digital and physical albums fell 5.6 percent, less than the year earlier’s 7.5 percent decline.