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It wasn't as steep as last year's drop, but U.S. album sales posted another double-digit decline at midyear.

Album sales continued their steady decline in the first six months of 2008, according to new data from Nielsen SoundScan .

Posted Jul 3rd 2008 6:25PM by Richard Driver Filed under: Earnings reports , Products and services According to a Billboard article published Wednesday , Neilsen Soundscan has reported an 11% decline in album ...

Album sales are down 11% from the midpoint of 2007, while digital sales continue to grow at a steady pace.

In an era in which few acts are able to duplicate sales results from just a few years ago, Coldplay sold 721,000 copies of "Viva la Vida" in the week ended Sunday, coming within 16,000 of the first week ...

There had been no doubt that Coldplay would land at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart, which will be released tomorrow morning.

The increase in the number of state-of-the-art shopping malls is shaping the retail sector in the Middle East, with the scene rapidly changing across the industry.

You may have read in my previous articles how I see the wealth confiscation taking place affecting consumers and consumer expectations.

Consumer confidence has slumped to a record low according to the British Retail Consortium, as rising costs and falling property values add to Britons fears that the UK is heading into a recession.

How art collective/company SUPERFLEX is changing the world, one soda pop at a time.

Usher posted the second-biggest sales week of the year, selling 443,000 copies of "Here I Stand" in its first week of release.

While Nintendo's Wii may be the fastest selling current gen console, it's Microsoft's Xbox 360 that's getting the most play time, according to consumer research group Nielsen.

A study recently conducted by consumer research group Nielsen found that younger gamers spend most of their time playing the Xbox 360, and older gamers while away the hours with the PlayStation 3. In both age ...

Dancers from the Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio perform in the premiere of Erik Nielsen's ballet, "Atmospheric Persuasion," at the Barre Opera House.

Although their music attracts different audiences, classical violinist Hilary Hahn and folk-rocker Josh Ritter have been playing concerts together.

“There could be increased demand for mobile social networking driven by the flat fee price plans offered by the leading operators that give subscribers unlimited mobile internet access.”

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Monday May 12 2008. It was last updated at 16:04 on May 12 2008. via Guardian Unlimited

Radio dial by Lynn Arave KSL Radio has been the No. 1 station in the Salt Lake market for almost two years. via Deseret Morning News

“Salut! demeure chaste et pure”

Giuseppe di Stefano, peerless tenor of the 1950s, dies at eighty-six; soprano Inga Nielsen; television pioneer Kirk Browning; voice teacher Cornelius L. Reid; conductor Ronald W. Noll GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO ... via Opera News

“I'm interested in the person as well as the talent. . . . I'm not interested in singing robots.”

It's certainly a good month to be a diva. Days before Mariah Carey is expected to storm the U.S. pop charts, import Leona Lewis has become the first British solo artist to make her debut at No. via Los Angeles Times

“It is mainly based on how creative the project is, what jumped out as being out of the ordinary and original”

Documents obtained from the Canada Council for the Arts show that just four hip-hop acts received federal grants in 2007, leaving it behind other musical genres when it came to funding last year. via The Globe and Mail