2007's last album sales week offers glimmer of hope
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The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul adds  another jewel to her crown, as Mary J. Blige captures her  fourth career No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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Booming online music sales will help the record industry recover - but not until 2011 warns a report.
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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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In yet another big week for new releases on the U.S. albums chart, the
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After 2006 -- a year when virtually no  one managed to launch a digital music service in competition  with Apple's dominant iTunes -- 2007 was a refreshing change of  pace.
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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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In 1996, the Internet was a curiosity for most, the record labels were swollen with cash from CD sales, and R.E.M.'s "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" could only add to that hoard. Critics and fans drooled for the alt-rockers' follow-up to their last two hit albums, and the media counted down the days until the CD hit stores in September of that year.
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2007 was a year of duality for music. While the industry continued to tank, it was quietly a very good year for rock 'n' roll and indie music.
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DENVER (Billboard) - After 2006 -- a year when virtually no one managed to launch a digital music service in competition with Apple's dominant iTunes -- 2007 was a refreshing change of pace.
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'Air' and 'Arcade Fire' offer new albums this week.
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The old-school audiophile's format of choice is making a quiet comeback. Record sales are climbing as fans turn to vinyl for high-end home listening while continuing to buy MP3s for portability. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Britain's battered music sector got some good news on Monday as second-quarter album sales grew, legal music downloads gained momentum and sales of CD singles -- a format nearly given up for dead -- bounced back.
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The current holiday season must have brought a smile on Steve Jobâs face. Their music player is selling like hot cakes with shops and stores running out of iPod and iTunes is selling music like there is no tomorrow.
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Three years after quitting, he returns with an album that flirts with maturity, then loses its nerve
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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 decline in CDs.
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A rash of new British acts like The Streets and Keane propelled UK album sales to a record 237 million units in the year to the end of September, confounding predictions that music downloads would finish off the humble compact disc.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Welcome to the best sales week of  this still-young 2005.