Digital Downloads Break A Billion In 2008 December 18, 2008
- Digital and Mobile
By Ayala Ben-Yehuda, L.A.
Over a billion digital full tracks have been sold in 2008, up 28% over 2007, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released today.
Through Dec. 14, 1,001,000,000 digital tracks were sold in the United States. Nielsen SoundScan projects the year will end with 1,040,000,000 tracks sold.
Seventeen percent of digital track sales this year have come from the top 200-selling tracks.
Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" was the highest-selling digital track in 2008, with 3.3 million sold.
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