Total sales by far?

[Crystal_Ageha]

Western countries definitely buy more music, physically and probably digitally (but especially physically), than any part of Asia. When you look at worldwide charts sales, the US, Europe, and even Australia...they always have so much more sales than Japan, China, etc. And it's obviously not because they're more people in Western/English-speaking countries, and it's not usually because the music is more popular outside of the countries (sometimes, but definitely not always the case). So places like Japan have officially just gone into a huge slump as far as the music industry goes, I guess. :\ I know everywhere I've always lived in the US, CDs still sell pretty well. I'll see the stands in department stores that showcase the new releases, and much of it will be gone the next day. And right now, I live in a pretty dead city, but that's still the case.