Digital Sales Growth Slows In 2009

Posted by Dan Rodriguez on January 7, 2010

Digital music sales growth is slowing and could soon plateau, according to a Billboard analysis of 2009 SoundScan data. In terms of percentage and unit change, digital sales still increased last year, but to a significantly less degree than the previous two years. To be sure, the changes are positive, not negative. But growth is […]

Study Finds Longer, Higher Quality Music Samples Lead To More Sales

Posted by Dan Rodriguez on June 2, 2009

Wait, wait…so you’re saying if you give me a music sample that is longer than 20 seconds and not compressed to shit, I might actually buy it? No… Hypebot reports on a study to be published in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising that combats the conservative view that if you give too […]

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Digital Sales Growth Slows In 2009

Study Finds Longer, Higher Quality Music Samples Lead To More Sales

ICYMI: Rage Against the Machine to be inducted into RNRHOF; Iron Maiden & Soundgarden snubbed once again

Necrofier share “Forbidden Light of the Black Moon” video

Blackbraid share “Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon” video

The Shredderz share self-titled song featuring Testament’s Alex Skolnick

Warbringer and Fallujah to headline Armstrong MetalFest 2023