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| Jan 5 21:54:42 UTC 2002 |
Soundscan issues a report on 2001 CD sales:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020103/re/leisure_albums_dc_1.html
"Album Sales Not Sweet Music in 2001"
Quotes:
> A lack of blockbuster hits, the weak economy, and the
> distraction of underground music Web sites like
> Napster (news - web sites) and other media combined to
> push U.S. album sales to 762.6 million in
> 2001 from 784.8 million in 2000, according to Soundscan, .
> It was the first decline since the company began monitoring
> album sales in 1991 and was almost
> entirely reflected in the drop in sales at the
> multi-platinum top of the charts.
> The top-10 selling albums sold 20 million less units in
> 2001 than the top 10 albums in 2000, a
> Soundscan spokeswoman said.
> The year's best selling album was Warner Bros.'
> ``Hybrid Theory'' by Los Angeles-based rock group
> Linkin Park, which sold just 4.8 million units.
> By contrast, seven albums sold more than 5 million copies each
> in 2000, with Eminem (news - web
> sites)'s smash release ``The Marshall Mathers LP''
> selling more than 9 million.
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