iTunes counts towards sales...

[foxmonkey]

In case anyone was curious about iTunes sales (evidently, Schizophrenic is doing well there!), the question was raised at the JJB and I found this (because I never met a search I didn't like):

Nielson music tracker adds online stores

Nielson SoundScan, the company that tracks music sales and is the source for the Billboard music charts, has added Napster, BuyMusic and MusicMatch to its tracking service. The three new additions join Apple's iTunes Music Store, RealNetworks' Rhapsody, MusicNet and Liquid Digital Media. The additions show the importance of the online music services to overall music sales. Forrester Research forecasts that the online music industry will account for 11 percent, or approximately US$1.4 billion...

Comments

[babygotbass.livejournal.com]

How cool. I am assuming places like amazon.com are already figured in since they sell the full album.

Right now JC is amazon's #21 seller! Go JC!!

-- Erin

[diggybear.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Billboard has a chart for the top internet sales in their mag. I'll have to check when we get the new issue.

Ok, I just checked an old issue and they list the top 25 Top Internet Album Sales. :) They also track the top 25 Hot Digital Tracks. :)