UK singles’ sales have risen for the first time in five years, music industry figures show.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) recorded a 6.4% rise in singles sales and 3.7% rise in album sales.
Sales across all music formats had a total value of £230m from April to June in the UK, compared to total sales of £221m in the same period last year.
Acts such as Franz Ferdinand, Joss Stone and The Darkness have boosted UK music sales abroad, the BPI added.
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The number of legal downloads sold in the UK this year has now exceeded two million units, the BPI said.
This means sales have increased from a rate of 100,000 per month to 500,000 per month over the past quarter.
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