Single sales in the UK increased by 33% to 152m in 2009, wiht 98% of sales being digital

"Album sales continued to fall last year, despite being boosted by a growth in digital downloads, figures show.
Statistics released by trade body the BPI showed overall album sales dropped by 3.5% in 2009 to 128.9 million, the fifth year in a row they have fallen.
But the fall was eased by a 56.1% rise in album downloads to 16.1 million, now accounting for one in eight sold.
The news comes days after weekly sales of singles - on CD and download - recorded an all-time high.
An unprecedented 4.22 million singles were sold in the last week of 2009 - more than in any previous week. The sales boom was put down to the use of new MP3 players received as Christmas presents, as music fans downloaded a wide range of tracks, old and new.
Across the entire year, singles sales increased by 32.7% to a record 152 million, with 98% of those being digital downloads."
Source: BPI, reported by BBC News, 7th January 2010