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Digital music revenue 'triples'
That translates to a global drop in the market from $13.4 billion (£7.6bn) to $13.2 billion (£7.5bn), for all music sales - regardless of format.
Meanwhile, IFPI said the surge in digital music sales was being driven by the increased use of broadband, 3G mobile phones and portable music players.
The digital music market had overtaken the value of the global singles market, it said.
The IFPI said the decrease in digital revenue was due partly to lower retail prices, a decline in DVD music video sales and music piracy.
Release schedules and competition from other entertainment sectors were also factors, it added.
Illegal copying
IFPI did not release a regional breakdown for digital music sales.
But it described the growth of digital music sales in the UK as "explosive", saying 10 times as many singles were sold in the first half of 2005 than the same period in 2004.
IFPI chairman and CEO John Kennedy said: "More and more people in a growing number of countries are turning to the new legal ways of downloading music on the internet or via mobile phones."
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/4304466.stm
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