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Originally Posted by Mai82Go
Or the quality of music is getting worse.  I don't buy as much music as I did in the 90s for example. On the other hand that could be because I was a teenager in the 90s and I always have the notion teenagers buy a large percentage of releases. |
It's mostly illegal downloads, especially in the West. 90% of all music downloaded these days is downloaded illegally. It's a bit lower in Japan, but still high.
And the reason single sales look so low in Japan is because they still exist. The West doesn't have physical singles anymore but sales don't look lower because they now count downloads.
I'm wondering how long physical singles will be able to survive in Japan. I hope they don't die out like in most of the rest of the world.