Music sales up — slightly

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For the first time since 2004, music sales were up slightly. CD sales tallied $3.1 billion, digital albums $1.1 million and single digital tracks brought in $1.5 billion. The total for the year comes in just above last year’s $7.01 billion. Probably a good bet that Adele’s smash “21” contributed to that overall number. 

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