In the fourth week of the coronavirus-driven economic shutdown of the U.S., the country's overall consumption units were up again.
The 0.74% increase for the week ending April 9 marks the second consecutive week of growth for those units -- which include video views -- after the industry enjoyed a 1.12% gain the week prior.But both of those weeks are increasing from the year-to-date weekly low count of 13.4 million album consumption units for the week ending March 19.
That was the first full week after the U.S. economic shutdown became pronounced, with major sports leagues, concerts and other events shut down and people across the country beginning to widely self-quarantine.In examining the U.S.