Napster has its revenge, music sales fall for second year
According to a Wall Street Journal story (subscription required) on the music industry's dismal performance:
Through Dec. 22 sales of compact discs, which comprise 94% of total music sales, fell 9.3% to 624.2 million units, from 688.2 million units for the same period in 2001, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Because numbers are still being tallied, sales from the last week of the holiday retail season aren't yet available, but SoundScan said it doesn't expect a material difference in its final year-end numbers.
I'm not surprised considering how pricey CDs have become unless they're being promoted and are on sale.