CORRECTED-Digital sales shore up ailing music biz
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While sales of physical  albums plummeted during the first nine months of 2006, big  increases in the demand for digital tracks and albums have kept  the overall music business in line with last year's totals.
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LONDON (Billboard) - The global recorded music market fell for the seventh consecutive year in 2006, and the slide is accelerating in 2007, according to figures published by a music trade group.
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Scads of music services are making a power play for your digital dollars. We shine a light into the murk and pick out the gems. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test.
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In a rebound year for the music business, emerging digital formats are providing a much-needed financial boost.
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That&#39;s the number of music players that Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) said it sold in its most recent quarter.
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Sales of legally downloaded songs shot up more than tenfold in 2004, a music industry report says.
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com , hoping to boost  digital music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc's   iTunes.
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the fall in CD sales.
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A report on Apple iTunes by U.S.-based market consultant Forrester Research has found that the online music and video store recorded a major drop in sales.  Daily Variety said the report on more than 2,700 U.S.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O may have sold more than twice as many of its iPod digital music players in its most recent quarter than its signature Mac computers, but
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After painfully slow sales last month, the music industry finally has a hit: âSleep Through the Staticâ (Brushfire), by Jack Johnson, above, sold 375,000 copies last week â more than six times the sales of the top album the week before â to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It set a record for the most digital sales in a single week, with 139,000 copies, or 37 percent of its total, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a week busy with high-profile releases, Sheryl Crowâs âDetoursâ (A&M) opened at No. 2 with 92,000 sales; Lenny Kravitz moved 73,000 copies of âIt Is Time for a Love Revolutionâ (Virgin) to bow at No. 4; and K. D. Lang is No. 8 with her new âWatershedâ (Nonesuch), selling 41,000. Last weekâs No. 1, Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), dropped two spots with 80,000. Any sales bumps after last Sundayâs Grammy Awards would be reflected in next weekâs chart.
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Sales of physical and digital albums tumbled to 500.5 million units, as the music industry was pillaged by piracy and competition from other forms of entertainment like videogames.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The music industry continues to build bridges between the digital and physical world.
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After two years of falling sales, the  music and video retail market is set for a boost as tech-savvy  buyers embrace digital downloading, according to a report on  Thursday by retail analysts.
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Digital flatline looks ominous for music labels The leading DRM digital download service, Apple's iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to analyst company Forrester Research.â¦
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By Jefferson Graham  LOS ANGELES -- Record labels have consistently rebuffed calls by digital music executives to sell songs online without copy-protection restrictions.
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Some music companies get it, others don't.