Billboard reports that sales of tracks declined 5.7 percent, to 1.34 billion units,
while album sales fell 0.1 percent, to 117.6 million.
Not exact matches
While certainly a success for the year, the all - time record for
album sales still belongs to Adele, who sold 3.37 m copies of her
album 25 during its first week on the market in 2015.
It sold well on DVD (according to Home Media Magazine writer Thomas K. Arnold, it was «the holiday season's top overperformer in terms of home video
sales») and, according to Billboard, the movie's soundtrack peaked at third on the Billboard 200, the chart for
albums of any genre,
while Kendrick's song from the film, «Cups,» peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
While OverClocked ReMix and other online arrangement sites in the English - speaking world have managed to skirt copyright issues by posting their remixes on the web free of charge, a fundamental part of the Comic Market experience is having pressed CDs for
sale akin to the retail soundtrack
albums that inspired them.
In some cases, promotional copies of a particular
album might have been pressed in red (or black) vinyl,
while the copies available for
sale in the stores might be the opposite color.
While some artists are not happy with the music subscription - based business model, it seems to be quickly taking over, replacing methods such as physical media and digital
album and track
sales.