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Click Here For Email Removal Instructions http://www.avrev.com/home/subscribe/ss_remove.html 08/09/07 Music Sales Continue Their Decline In 2006 As Major Labels Ignore HD DVD & Blu-ray High-Definition Formats The RIAA has released their 2006 sales report for recorded music, and the downward trend continues for yet another year. Overall sales are down 0.6 percent to 12.27 billion, which is slightly misleading because the RIAA is now counting the lucrative, new market of cell phone ringtones in their overall sales numbers. Without ringtones in the mix, overall music sales slipped even further in 2006. The low-resolution, audio-only Compact Disc format continues to age, leaving... 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