Weekly album sales in the US hit lowest point since 1991

Weekly album sales in the US have reached their lowest point since the Nielson SoundScan system began in 1991.

According to Billboard, last week saw a total of 3.97 million albums sold, the first time weekly sales have fallen below 4 million. The week’s highest-selling album, Wiz Khalifa’s [above] Blacc Hollywood, sold 90,000 in its first week.

An anonymous record label sales executive claims in the article that “Sales have been going in the wrong direction all year. I guess its overdue, when you look at [the growth of streaming].”

You can read the full piece here.

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