After overall U.S. album sales bottomed out to their worst week on record a week ago, the music industry has some good news.
Total album sales volume increased in the latest tracking week, while digital album sales hit a seven-month high.In the week ending March 26, total U.S.
album sales grew 2.3% to 1.558 million copies sold across all formats (CD, digital album download, vinyl LP, cassette, etc.), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
That’s up from the record low of 1.523 million in the week ending March 19. (Still, the 1.558 million represents the second-worst week for album sales since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991.)Digital Album Sales Hit Seven-Month High: Meanwhile, digital album sales vault 49.1% to 811,000.