British CD sales drop 10% in 2007

Music fans the UK are continuing to abandon the buying of CDs, with sales down by 10% in the first half of 2007. The BBC reports.

"Figures compiled by the British Phonographic Industry show that 6.5m fewer albums have been sold this year compared with the same period in 2006.

... The digital market continues to grow - with a 50% increase in digital single purchases in the first six months of the year, according to the BPI's figures.

But downloads still only account for 10-20% of the overall music market, and that figure includes formats such as ringtones".

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