Mid-Year Album Sales Down 11% From 2009

    Nielsen has released their half-year report on music sales, which was republished in part by Digital Music News. With quarterly glimpses included, the list compares 2010 album sales at mid-year versus 2009.

    Key points note that overall, music sales are down 11% between the two years. However, looking specifically at formats, CD sales are down nearly 18%, while digital album sales have climbed just under 14%. The oldest of the three reported formats, vinyl, is up just below 10% as compared to last year.

    The report noted that last month’s Eminem album, Recovery, having sold over 740,000 first week units, was the first to do so since AC/DC’s 2008 album Black Ice.

    2010 Rap albums to reach gold include Recovery, Drake’s Thank Me Later and Lil Wayne’s Rebirth.

    Visit Digital Music News for the full report.

    32 thoughts on “Mid-Year Album Sales Down 11% From 2009

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    2. Recovery only album the reach platinum. And I think its obvious why.

      Anyway this morning on the radio Eminem beat Jay-Z in the Star wars challenge. And hearing Em’s songs back-to-back against Jay-Z made Jay seem wack. There wasn’t a single bad Eminem song played (like a bad Em song even exist) and some wack Jay-Z songs.

      I mean think about it, Em’s lyrics and flow are perfect. I’m not dick riding but the guy can do no wrong.

      1. drake’s album most likely will go platinum by the next week or 2 but at least he got there when he does and your comparing a rookie to a veteran and one of the history of hip-hop you may not call drake hip-hop but he keeps you guys talking

    3. Em Fan #1 is the eminem fans answer to that Lil Wayne dickrider HANDDYYYY , lol

      Yep, album sales are down, especially in rap………know why??……..Because most rap fans dont buy shit, they just sit around on the internet and hate on everything that does sell while they illegally Download the New Nas CD, telling us how great it is while he sells off another piece of jewelery to pay off his monthly spousal support to Kelis, lol

      SMH

    4. only cd’s i brought this year was devin the dude and big boi. next will be gucci,jeezy,TI dont think so after urban legend cut the deck,j cole from nc so i gone see what he talking about,curre$y album yep dont think C4 gonna drop this year but if it do grab it,

      i say i only bump south shit but thats only because NY got lazy and soft shit i was just on obcl the other day i bump the NY shit from 2001 on back but most of the time its that south shit

      1. C4 gone do amil or better the first week shit take a picture write it down i dont give a fuck

    5. @Em Fan #1 what songs did they play? I cant see how that’s possible that Em songs make Jay songs look bad. Yall cant face the fact that Em cant make the same music he used to his new cd is terrible. You cant deny at least 6 songs are terrible on Recovery Em Fan #1.

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    7. They played all their hits including Renegade (we all know the verdict on that song)

      And Em won.

      And fuck whoever said I’m the Eminem equivlant to Handyy. That bitch nigga always saying shit like Wayne is gangster. I’m just stating the fact that Em is the greatest and 1 million people as of last Wednesday agree. Best selling rapper ever for a reason

      1. HEY EM FAN#1:

        EMINEM IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING THE GREATEST BUT FOR NOW IS NOT THE GREATEST IN RAP…EMINEM WILL NOT BE THE GREATEST UNTIL HE’S GETS IN A STUDIO FACE TO FACE AND RECORDS AN ABSOLUTE RAW HARD HITTING TRACK WITH THE MAN HIMSELF DJ PREMIER!!!

        BIGGIE:WORKED WITH PREMIER
        JAY-Z:WORKED WITH PREMIER
        NAS: WORKED WITH PREMIER

        TUPAC WOULD’VE WORKED WITH PREMIER BUT NEVER GOT THE CHANCE…BUT EMINEM STILL HAS THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH DJ PREMIER…WHAT THE FUCK IS MARSHALL MATHERS WAITING FOR? HE COULD’VE PUT DJ PREMIER ON RECOVERY…ROYCE THE 5’9″ HAS WORKED WITH DJ PREMIER…SO FUCK EMINEM!, UNTIL EMINEM WORKS WITH DJ PREMIER AND IT’S FULLY OFFICIAL…AND YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT BUT ALL THE GREATS HAVE DONE SHIT WITH DJ PREMIER…EVEN KANYE GOT SOME SHIT FROM PREMIER NOW…THE LAST MAN STANDING IS EMINEM…WILL HE OR IS HE SCARED? GO FIND PREMO AND MAKE IT HAPPEN MARSHALL MATHERS OTHERWISE YOU’RE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME…

    8. Fuck these faggots.
      Last ablum bought 1995 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.
      Wanna know why?
      I learned from the legends that’s why.
      I am the Real Hip Hop.

      1. Then your opinion has no weight. You stuck WAY in the past. Yeah that shit was good (not Em good) but fuckin move on.

        All you EVER do is complain how shit ain’t like 96 anymore. Well fuck you. Times have changed. Deal with it

      2. lol i dont buy shit anymore either. fuck this trash coming out, if they wanna go put more pocket into media driven jew fags like drake who make trash pop so they can brag on their song bout their cash, good for them.

        em is washed up……im tired of his faggot white stans with their mouth on his dick. go and make more collabos with his jew friend drake, lil bitch, oh wait, he is.

      3. @EM FAN #1.

        Listen I’m not going to try and be a dick here I’m just going to tell you whats up.

        “Then your opinion has no weight”
        My opinion does have weight, I’m just like everybody else, I’m expressing my opinion. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. You’re opinion only has no weight if you turn into a serial killer and go out and start hurting people. Then people will not listen to you, because you are clearly out to damage people for no reason. That’s not what I’m doing. I’m just typing on a blog, so people can read what I wrote and I can read what they wrote.

        “You stuck WAY in the past.”
        I’m not stuck in the past. I’m taking what I learned and experienced in the past and applying it to what is going on today. I would only be stuck in the past if that is all I did was converse with people in the past. That’s not what I am doing. I have made a few comments on a very recent article that is dated July 9 2010, so I’m not stuck in the past. I am just as relevant as what is going on today as you are.

        “but fuckin move on”
        Move on to what? That’s what I’m talking about. I’m moving on, I clearly have moved on. I don’t listen to Cuban Linx every single day of my life. I’m not currently studying that album, I’ve heard it so much already, I already know it. The industry isn’t movin on either son, you could take the last 14 years of hip hop and concentrate it into 2 years, so basically all they have progressed to is 1998. You may think differently, and when you do, you will be entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine.

        “All you EVER do is complain how shit ain’t like 96 anymore”
        That’s not complaining, its just calling a spade a spade. I’m telling it like it is. When I wrote “Fuck these faggots” It is what it is. If you read that comment and thought it applied to you, then I just played you. Do you get it? “Fuck these faggots” doesn’t apply to you. So if you see that comment and feel like it does, you are fighting someone else’s battle. Now if Eminem or Drake personally responded to that I would have to fight my battle against them. But I know they’re not going to respond and because they don’t I have a right to make that comment. Now if Em or Drake respond I clearly have my hands full. But they don’t. Then again, the comment may not apply to them either. You, on the other hand, you are using Em to fight your battles for you. The comment does NOT apply to you. Now do you get it?

        “Well fuck you”
        I never told you to go fuck yourself. I wish you the best. See what I’m getting at here.

        “Times have changed”
        Times change everyday. The knowledge of how to succeed does not.

        “Deal with it”
        I have dealt with it. Now lets see if you can do the same.

        Now try and respond to this post rationally. If you respond by insulting me and telling me to go fuck myself, I won the battle, because you made it to be one. If you respond by trying to exchange information its not a battle then we are on the same page. We may not agree, because each is entitled to their opinion.

      4. HEY EM FAN#1:

        EMINEM IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING THE GREATEST BUT FOR NOW IS NOT THE GREATEST IN RAP…EMINEM WILL NOT BE THE GREATEST UNTIL HE’S GETS IN A STUDIO FACE TO FACE AND RECORDS AN ABSOLUTE RAW HARD HITTING TRACK WITH THE MAN HIMSELF DJ PREMIER!!!

        BIGGIE:WORKED WITH PREMIER
        JAY-Z:WORKED WITH PREMIER
        NAS: WORKED WITH PREMIER

        TUPAC WOULD’VE WORKED WITH PREMIER BUT NEVER GOT THE CHANCE…BUT EMINEM STILL HAS THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH DJ PREMIER…WHAT THE FUCK IS MARSHALL MATHERS WAITING FOR? HE COULD’VE PUT DJ PREMIER ON RECOVERY…ROYCE THE 5’9″ HAS WORKED WITH DJ PREMIER…SO FUCK EMINEM!, UNTIL EMINEM WORKS WITH DJ PREMIER AND IT’S FULLY OFFICIAL…AND YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT BUT ALL THE GREATS HAVE DONE SHIT WITH DJ PREMIER…EVEN KANYE GOT SOME SHIT FROM PREMIER NOW…THE LAST MAN STANDING HIS EMINEM…WILL HE OR IS HE SCARED? GO FIND PREMO AND MAKE IT HAPPEN MARSHALL MATHERS OTHERWISE YOU’RE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME…

    9. Reality1111 your posting at a high level of education that most of the niggas on dx can’t comprehend. Not to be an asshole but the only way your going to get the answers you seek is if you get off dx and talk to somebody with a brain lol!

    10. Oh yeah and Ems fan #1 is a faggit and he is just a white fuckin handyyy! Sorry EM Stan #1 but your gay smh smh smh smh smmmmmmmmmmmmmmh!!!!!

    11. The only albums I’m buyin this year are Big Boi, Bun B, Pimp C when it comes to new shit and that’s about it.

    12. My friend told a me a hot dating place ____ matchrich.com ____, where you have the opportunity to make friends and chat with a millionaire or hot girl ,supermodels and so on.First i can’t believe,then i sign up there.I found celebrities’ profile with sexy photos and newest blogs there. you can know more about them. By the way I really got many friends including celebrities. it’s so exciting.

    13. PEOPLE ARE NOT BUYING ALBUMS BECAUSE THERE ISNT MUCH WORTH BUYING, RECORD COMPANIES KEEP PUTTING OUT WATERED DOWN GARBAGE

    14. it should be down 90%. faggots who make trash music doesnt deserve shit. but support the real shit though, bun-b ,big boi ,brotha lynch hung, capone-n-noreaga,ETC!!!!

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