Music CD sales increasing again

After three years of heavy decline, French record industry reports growing sales in the first quarter of 2010

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MUSIC sales in France have started rising again after three consecutive years of decline, new figures have revealed.

According to music industry trade boy Snep, sales climbed 8% in the first three months of this year compared with the same period in 2009, at €128.6m.

Physical CDs still make up the biggest part of the market, at about 80%. Sales of CDs and records rose 4.3% year on year.

This comes after three years of decline. Physical sales fell 25% in 2007, 23% in 2008 and 18.5% last year.

Digital downloading continues to grow - up 28.7% this quarter compared with the same period in 2009.

Snep director-general David El Sayegh told La Tribune: "The situation remains fragile, but we are beginning to see results from our investment in digital."

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