US Album Sales Figures 2009

Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle were just three female artists who helped the US music industry in 2009. Total music sales rose 2.1% in 2009, even though album sales dropped 12.7% to 373.9 million. Digital downloads saved the US music industry as track sales were up 8.3% year on year to 1.1 billion.

Digital album sales were also up 16% to 76.4m (20% 0f total albums bought in 2009) as digital music in the US now accounts for 40% of all music purchases as the public move away from CD's.
Interestingly, vinyl sales soared by 33% to 2.5m - a new vinyl record, as fans collected more and more.

US Top Selling Albums of 2009:

1. Taylor Swift - 'Fearless' - 3.2m
2. Susan Boyle - 'I Dreamed A Dream' - 3.1m
3. Michael Jackson - 'Number Ones' - 2.3m
4. Lady GaGa - 'The Fame' - 2.2m
5. Andrea Bocelli - 'My Christmas' - 2.2m
6. Hannah Montana - 'The Movie' Soundtrack -1.8m
7. Black Eyed Peas - 'The E.N.D.' - 1.78m
8. Eminem - 'Relapse' - 1.73m
9. Jay-Z - 'The Blueprint 3' - 1.5m
10. Kings of Leon - 'Only By The Night' - 1.39m

*EXTRA BLOG - more from the world of robmacca

US Top 10 Selling Albums Of 2009

Here are the Top 10 selling albums in the US during 2009, and Susan Boyle lost out to Taylor Swift by just 100,000 copies. Her debut album was released just six weeks before the end of the year and went on to become the second best selling album of the year.

US Top Selling Albums of 2009:

1. Taylor Swift - 'Fearless' - 3.2m
2. Susan Boyle - 'I Dreamed A Dream' - 3.1m
3. Michael Jackson - 'Number Ones' - 2.3m
4. Lady GaGa - 'The Fame' - 2.2m
5. Andrea Bocelli - 'My Christmas' - 2.2m
6. Hannah Montana - 'The Movie' Soundtrack -1.8m
7. Black Eyed Peas - 'The E.N.D.' - 1.78m
8. Eminem - 'Relapse' - 1.73m
9. Jay-Z - 'The Blueprint 3' - 1.5m
10. Kings of Leon - 'Only By The Night' - 1.39m


*EXTRA BLOG - more from the world of robmacca

Sales Of Singles Rise While Album Sales Decline

The Christmas chart battle between Rage Against The Machine and X Factor winner Joe McElderry helped make it a record year for UK single sales with 4.22m singles sold in the last week of 2009, exceeding the previous record of 4.03m over Christmas 2008.

Downloads now account for almost 98% of the singles market. The BPI, which represents UK record labels, has said it expects total single sales in 2009 to exceed 150 million. In 2008 a record 115.1m singles were sold in the UK. Sales in 2009 increased by 32.7% to a record 152 million.

But it was not all good news as album sales showed a decline of around 12% year on year as last week's album sales were 3.16 million. Overall album sales were down 3.5% in 2009 as 128.9 million albums were sold in the UK. Good news for the music industry came in the form of downloads - they rose 56.1% to 16.1 million album downloads.



*EXTRA BLOG - more from the world of robmacca

Top 10 Selling Albums Of 2009

Here are the Top Ten selling albums of 2009 in the UK, and in just nine weeks Susan Boyle has gone on to sell 1.5m copies of her debut album to become the number one. Find out who had the Top 10 Selling Singles HERE.

The Top Ten Albums of 2009:

1. Susan Boyle: 'I Dreamed A Dream'
2. Lady GaGa: 'The Fame'
3. Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
4. Black Eyed Peas: 'The E.N.D.'
5. Kings of Leon: 'Only By The Night'
6. JLS: 'JLS'
7. Beyoncé: 'I Am Sasha Fierce'
8. Paolo Nutini: 'Sunny Side Up'
9. Lily Allen: 'It's Not Me, It's You'
10. Robbie Williams: 'Reality Killed The Video Star'


*EXTRA BLOG - more from the world of robmacca