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Album sales at their lowest for 60 years due to coronavirus pandemic
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The global crisis has seen drops in both physical sales and streaming numbers Album sales have fallen to their lowest in 60 years in the US as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the music industry.
The ongoing global crisis has seen gigs, tours and festivals cancelled or postponed in the coming months, while it was recently reported streaming figures had also fallen in the wake of the outbreak.
According to Billboard, the equivalent of 1.52 million albums were sold during the week of March 19. That figure is the lowest album sales have dropped since the mid-1960s.
Physical sales of albums have been impacted by the closure of record shops to co-operate with lockdown and social distancing measures, although many are still selling
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