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Not even the biggest-seller of all time can put a shine on it - the music album may be spinning its last revs per minute.

Year-to-date cross-format album unit sales dipped by 3.2 percent (U.S.) and 13.8 percent (UK), according to figures released this week by Nielsen SoundScan and British Phonographic Industry. That came despite:

  • Digital album unit sales growing 13.8 percent (U.S.) and 17.3 percent (UK).

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