UK singles sales reach record high

Thanks to the success of downloads, the UK singles market had its best year ever in 2009, with more than 150m copies soldThe growth of downloads helped the UK singles market enjoy its best year ever in 2009. According to figures released by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), 152.7m singles were sold last year, 98% of which comprised tracks that were downloaded.The X Factor was behind many of last year's success stories in the singles chart, including Cheryl Cole, Alexandra Burke and the Ch...

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