ARTICLE: Gospel Music Industry Has Record Sales
August 28th, 2006 | 
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
As of July 2, 2006, 17,952,000 gospel music albums, including those sold via digital download, have been sold year-to-date compared to 16,085,000 albums for the same six-month time period in 2005. That represents an 11.6 percent increase in sales in a 2005 to 2006 year-to-date comparison. In contrast, the overall music business reports a four percent decline in album sales. “The first half of 2006 has been encouraging for gospel music,” says John W. Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association (GMA). “It is especially good news that the growth extends to a wide diversity of albums and styles, suggesting that the inspiring and compassionate message that unifies all gospel music is resonating in our culture today.” [ …read more]
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