The music industry has changed over the recent years. Before the internet became a source for music, customers and music listeners would go to their local record shop in order to purchase singles and albums they desired. But now consumers have access to download singles and albums through the internet. There are two ways of obtaining music via internet, they are legal and illegal downloading. In 2010, digital single sales made £160m and digital album sales made £21m. Whereas in 2009, digital single sales made £149m and digital album sales made £16m. Although the numbers in sales have increased, it is lower than what is expected. This is because illegal downloading came along which changed the behaviour of consumers, this caused a major downfall towards the industry as 3/4 of digital downloads in the UK are illegal. Music artists now have to think of other methods of gaining money and profit. Methods such as merchandise and live gigs have become very popular.
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