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Old 05-31-2012, 12:48 PM   #1
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Default In the UK, Digital Music Sales Just Surpassed CD Sales
Well, it's happened. For the first time ever, digital music sales have surpassed CD sales, at least in the UK. A total of £155.8m was spent on music during the first quarter (up 2.7% year-over-year, for the record), and of that, 55.5% belonged to digital music, whether it be single downloads or an ad-funded / subscription service like Spotify and Last.fm.


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