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There were about 750 million albums sold in 2000. An increase from 326 million in 2010 to 330 million in 2011 is not a recovery. Really, it's just a couple of

• eupharis 14y ago
  Ah. I was not aware of how much higher it was in 2000. Price per album was significantly higher as well.[1] Still, I take issue with your characterization of the big record labels as having "been mostly killed." $4.158 billion dollars in sales is not "mostly killed."[2] If I owned a significant proportion of a company that had that kind of revenue per year, well, I would not just throw it in the trash and advise they close up shop ;) [1]http://theunderstatement.com/post/3377858909/album-prices http://theunderstatement.com/post/3377858909/album-prices [2]330 million * $14 per album (from [1]) * 90%