Current vs. catalog album sales in the U.S. 2015, by platform

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 6, 2016
The statistic above presents data on music album sales in the United States, broken down by two factors: 1. digital or physical and 2. current or catalog. In 2015, record companies sold 50.9 million digital albums from their catalogs.

Current versus catalog album sales in the United States in 2015, by recording medium (in millions)

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Release date

January 2016

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

Current/Catalog definitions: “current” represents albums 18 months or newer; “catalog” 18 months or older (with some considerations for airplay and billboard chart position).
Figures have been rounded.

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