Just look at music sales in the past 10 years.
This year, for the first time in more than a decade, formal music sales are up.
They were eventually closed following the rise of music sales on the internet.
This is just the latest a string of bad news for music sales going back several years.
That technology, which did not exist in 1991, now accounts for more than 6 percent of music sales, the industry says.
Considering the decline in music sales, it's her most successful single since 2002.
In the first half, music sales rose 4 percent.
Legislators are also exploring the issue of music sales online.
Global music sales will drop to $23 billion in 2009, just over half of 1997's $45 billion and down 16 percent from 2006.
Gigs and touring are where all the money is at, not music sales.