{"id":422870,"date":"2011-05-12T15:42:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/12\/digital-music-sales-pass-1bn\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:42:39","slug":"digital-music-sales-pass-1bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/digital-music-sales-pass-1bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital music sales &#8216;pass \u00a31bn&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.6265614727\">\n<div readability=\"65.2740524781\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/48516000\/jpg\/_48516203_danwhitworth.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Whitworth\" \/><span>By Dan Whitworth<\/span><br \/><span>Newsbeat technology reporter<\/span><\/span> <span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52686000\/jpg\/_52686753_011881242-1.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Adele\" \/> Adele&#8217;s 21 is the most downloaded album in the UK<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Total digital music sales in the UK have broken through the \u00a31 billion barrier for the first time according to new figures.<\/p>\n<p>The BPI says \u00a31,014 million has been spent since they were launched in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking this symbolic barrier is important for the music industry in the face of online piracy and illegal downloading.<\/p>\n<p>Record companies will be pleased with the continuing upward trend in sales of digital music.<\/p>\n<p>Almost one third of the \u00a31 billion figure (\u00a3316.5m) was spent by consumers last year alone.<\/p>\n<p><span>Album prices fall<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adele&#8217;s album 21 is the most popular download, followed by Lady Gaga&#8217;s The Fame and Kings of Leon&#8217;s Only by the Night.<\/p>\n<p>Other digital albums have proved very popular.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 34 have now been downloaded more than 100,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the top 10 albums are by UK artists.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to singles Lady Gaga and Kings of Leon have again done well.<\/p>\n<p>I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas is the best selling digital single, followed by Sex of Fire (Kings of Leon) and Poker Face (Lady Gaga).<\/p>\n<p>The BPI says digital sales are good for consumers too.<\/p>\n<p>Its figures show the average price of an album has fallen steadily since digital sales were introduced, from \u00a310.02 in 2004 to \u00a37.32 last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/radio1danw\">Follow our technology reporter Dan Whitworth on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/newsbeat\/13380753\" title=\"Digital music sales 'pass \u00a31bn'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital music sales &#8216;pass \u00a31bn&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Dan Whitworth Newsbeat technology reporter Adele&#8217;s 21 is the most downloaded album in the UK Total digital music sales in the UK have broken through the \u00a31 billion barrier for the first time according to new figures. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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