A fourth successive record year for singles and growing consumer confidence in digital albums could not offset a further decline in overall UK music sales, new Official Charts Company figures released today by the BPI confirmed.
Combined sales of digital and physical albums fell overall by 5.6% to 113.2m in 2011. Digital album sales rose 26.6% to 26.6m, while sales of albums on CD declined 12.6% year- on-year to 86.2m in total.
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