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Date added - 23/05/07 Due to the popularity of mp3 downloads from sites such as iTunes the supermarket chain Asda has removed all CD singles from it's shelves. Their investigations have shown that around 80% of singles have been downloaded in 2007. Asda also explained that the price of CD albums was now on average £8.99, a significant drop from previous years and this had also in turn effected singles sales. Sales have dwindled to such an extent in the past two years Asda felt it wasn't even worth displaying the top 10 singles of the week. This is in stark contrast to 2005 when it was estimated that one in eight of all CD singles were sold at Asda. The decision was not a surprise to the music industry, it comes two months after their great rival Tesco announced it was also exiting the singles market. However Asda's decision is likely to have a bigger impact, historically they are the supermarket which has supported and sold the most CD singles. A music industry expert has been on record as saying, "People want more bang for their buck, eight quid for an album is better than one or two for their favourite single - with the advent of mp3 downloads it's all about supplying it at an affordable price." Record stores like HMV have also decided to pull the official UK
singles chart from their stores. After over 40 years of record chains
and independent stores selling the singles chart it's a sea change
in how music sells.
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