Sales of songs over the Internet is increasing. According to the survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics in Britain, as much as 98 percent of songs that will be enjoyed by lovers of music purchased online.
Symptoms of increased buying and selling music via the internet this began to happen in 2007. At that time, as many as 87 million single digital tracks were sold. Two years later, or in 2009, sales of digital music singles reached 153 million units.
While sales of the album tracks that are packed in cassette and compact disk (CD) decreases. In 2007, from 145 million copies of songs that are marketed, only seven percent of the songs in the cassette and CD formats in the market.
Newspaper editor ONS Social Trends, Jen Beaumont said the declining sales of music via the cassette and CD reflects a shift in consumer behavior more use of MP3 devices. "It also changed the music buying habits of society,"he said as quoted by Skynews, today.
Apart from song sales, the same trend also occurred in book sales. In 2007 to 2009, sales of books in the form of physical decline, while sales of electronic books rose sharply.
Symptoms of increased buying and selling music via the internet this began to happen in 2007. At that time, as many as 87 million single digital tracks were sold. Two years later, or in 2009, sales of digital music singles reached 153 million units.
While sales of the album tracks that are packed in cassette and compact disk (CD) decreases. In 2007, from 145 million copies of songs that are marketed, only seven percent of the songs in the cassette and CD formats in the market.
Newspaper editor ONS Social Trends, Jen Beaumont said the declining sales of music via the cassette and CD reflects a shift in consumer behavior more use of MP3 devices. "It also changed the music buying habits of society,"he said as quoted by Skynews, today.
Apart from song sales, the same trend also occurred in book sales. In 2007 to 2009, sales of books in the form of physical decline, while sales of electronic books rose sharply.
