The Future of Music – Music Games
Music labels continue to search for new ways to make money in the face of declining cd sales. Digital track sales, such as those from Apple’s iTunes Music Store, were up 27 percent from 2007, breaking the billion mark for the first time in 2008. But, according to Nielsen Soundscan, only 428 million albums (including LPs, CDs, and online albums) were sold – down 14 percent from 2007. As recently as 2005, 619 million albums were sold.