Digital album sales in the U.S. 2008-2023

Published by Patrick Leu, May 29, 2024

In 2023, just 18.3 million digital albums were sold in the United States. This marks a decline of almost 10 percent as compared to the previous year. When 20.2 million digital albums were sold. Digital album sales peaked in 2012 and 2013, but have been dropping ever since and have even fallen below the figures recorded prior to 2010.

Digital album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2023 (in millions)

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January 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2008 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures other than for 2020 come from previous reports.

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