Selling the album for £3.95 on I-Tunes paid off for them last week then ;)

 

Though digital sales for albums are not that big at all i'm told.

 

they would have got a few yes.. but maily it climbed because the new single is out

Though digital sales for albums are not that big at all i'm told.

 

they would have got a few yes.. but maily it climbed because the new single is out

Digital album sales are around 5-10%, physicals around 90% still.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comm...c-market-in-uk/

 

This is an article from 2005 but I read somewhere else too that itunes is bigger by now in the UK. And don't forget in 2005 physicals were much much bigger, now only 10-15% share from total sales at best.

 

As far as I know Amazon just launched digital singles and they don't count yet into the UK charts.

 

10% Physicals

90% Digitals ---» (54% from digitals are itunes sales according to the 2005 figures) ---» 45-50% iTunes

 

I don't think itunes sales have decreased since 2005 in fact increased. 7 Digitals could have gained on other download sites I'm guessing.

 

 

Digital album sales are around 5-10%, physicals around 90% still.

thanks for that Ben, find it all very interesting. Some more up to date figures would be nice if MW or someone would give them. Doubt itunes have lost much of their share, though amazon will prob make a dent when they start counting

great the single is doing what they're meant to- selling albums. Gutted for their 14 year run though, wanted them to catch Westlife. Maybe a rise next week? *crosses fingers*

 

I thought Better wasn't out until next week?

 

i know mate lets enjoy the album climbing ;)

Thank you Mikey 4 the info!

What a big fall 4 Catfights and Spotligh, it seems that No Can Do wont help to up the album sales :(, in the other hand i'm glad about The Saturdays, they are climbing with Chasing Lights, slowly, but at least it is in the Top100!

I hope to see them on tv with issues, they need to start to promote if they want big sales!

Quite a lot of Christmas tracks :yahoo:

Quite a lot of Christmas tracks :yahoo:

 

Remember the 23rd December 2007 chart? A quarter of the Top 40 (literally) was taken up by Christmas songs. It wouldn't surprise me if we have a repeat of that on the 21st December 2008 chart.

Remember the 23rd December 2007 chart? A quarter of the Top 40 (literally) was taken up by Christmas songs. It wouldn't surprise me if we have a repeat of that on the 21st December 2008 chart.

 

There was already 46 Christmas tracks in the top 200 on Tuesday...

There was already 46 Christmas tracks in the top 200 on Tuesday...

 

:o Thats amazing, I'm all for Christmas songs :cheer: