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Re:Music Sales by adrianwaj on Thursday September 17, 2009 @02:12PM (#828548)
ok, well iTunes sales were $3.34 Billion in 2008. That's over double the combined RIAA figure of album and singles sales. http://tr.im/yZ7K I remember reading that Apple doesn't take a large cut of that amount if that even mattered here, so sounds like these figures are wrong, especially when other online music retailers are taken into account.
Re:Music Sales by stepherm on Thursday September 17, 2009 @02:36PM (#828630)
I think they probably consider buying a single track from an album and buying a 'digital single' (a small release with 1 or more tracks) two different things.

I doubt the former case is considered a 'single' in the traditional sense of the word in the music industry.