New music services caused 75% sailors growth growth

World sales of digital music continue to grow - in 2005, the income of recording companies from the sale of this type of product through the Internet reached $ 1.1 billion. According to the report of the International Alliance of Babert's Manufacturers (IFPI), in 2004 this figure was $ 400 million, writes Company .

The total number of tracks sold through the network and services for mobile phones increased from 160 million pieces to 470 million units. At the same time, mobile services dominated in Japan and Europe in the digital music market, while online sales market in the USA, Great Britain and Germany.

Despite the growth of Internet sales, the volume of music sales as a whole was reduced in 2005 by 3%. The total revenue of recording companies amounted to $ 21 billion. Throughout the world, the sales of singles increased by 75%, and three quarters of the singles sold were sold through online stores in the reporting year.

Last Sunday, the Crazy single performed by Gnarls Barkley, based on the results of sales on the network, rose in the British chart to the first place. Recall that since last month, the results of sales of records via online stores are taken into account in the combined British chart.

Sales of albums on CD fell by 6% in monetary terms and 3.4% in piece terms. Sales of musical video on DVD were also reduced - in the monetary terms of these discs, 4.3% less were sold.

This year, the IFPI expects the ongoing growth in sales of compositions through the network, as well as the emergence of new services for mobile phones.