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Originally Posted by Evil Ernie
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That article doesn't prove anything. In fact all it proves is that singles sales are up but album sales are down. Also it's old news from 2009, also it's focused on the UK and not the music industry as a whole.
Now let me give you a fact that I discovered not long ago through research. In the year 2000 the music industry was worth around 1.2bn (not sure $ or £), last year it was worth just 700m. That is a fact that I found through research and proves that the music industry has been declining through many years.
It is also possible that total sales of albums and singles could go up in the number sold, but down in revenue, because singles are 99p whereas albums are about 4.99, so the advance of being able to just buy what songs you like rather than an entire album has had a significant impact I would argue. I can't say how much piracy has had an impact but with the growth of the internet and the ability of ever more advanced software which can even rip audio from youtube videos, it is safe to assume it has had some impact.
I'm not going to say whether it's right or wrong, but it is safe to assume the advances of the internet retailers and the advances in technology of software have had an impact. Sorry if I repeated myself there!