NY New Music Seminar: Albums that sold 250,000+ units in 2009: 85

At New Music Seminar on Tuesday, Tommy Silverman and Eric Garland rolled through a tirade of stats showing the extreme challenges that marketers and artists in the music business are facing. Data from Nielsen Soundscan.

2001
Albums selling 250,000+: 214

2008
Albums selling 10,000+: 1,515

2009
Albums selling at least 1 copy: 98,000
Albums selling < 100 copies: 81,000
Albums selling < 1,000 units in their first year of release: 92,601
Albums selling 5,000+: 2,058
Albums selling 10,000+: 1,319
Albums selling 250,000+: 85

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