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Music album sales in the United States 2011

 

Music album sales* in the United States from 2007 through 2011 (in million units)

United States; CD, CS, LP and digital albums; Nielsen SoundScan Source: Nielsen


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The statistic above shows total music album sales in the United States from 2007 through 2011. In 2011, total album sales went up for the first time since 2004. Still, since 2007, the number of albums sold in the United States has dropped from 500 million to 331 million units in 2011. The best-selling album of 2011 was Adele's "21".

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close Markets and sectors
Media & Advertising , Music & Audio
Survey
Survey time period 2007 to 2011
Object of investigation Overall album sales
Region United States
Macroregion North-America only
Type time series
Category customers/user/disposal
Relevance 4
Special features CD, CS, LP and digital albums
Release
Published by Business Wire
Release date January 2012
Further information * Includes CD, CS, LP and digital albums.

Numbers prior to 2010 were taken from Nielsen's Year-End Music Reports of prior years.
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