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This paper by Harvard Associate Professor Anita Elberse outlines the economic impacts on overall sales as people switch to digital downloading. Additionally, there are suggestions for future methods of bundling music to potentially increase revenue.

This infographic shows a pie chart that details the sales for different music formats from 1980 to 2010 and clearly indicates the recent impact of digital downloads.

The 2011 Digital Music Report from IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), identifies crucial issues facing the music industry (mainly reducing illegal downloads), details the statistical data for downloads and record sales for top artists, and suggests recommendations for policy change and consumer education to reduce music piracy.

This Nielsen Company report for 2009 presents overall music sales statistics and factoids for the period from January 5, 2009 to Januray 3, 2010. This report focuses mainly on top-ten artists for various categories ranging from vinyl to internet, and digital music sales.

This site combines data from RIAA and Nielsen to present charts digital downloading and album shipments.

This blog compiles statistics posited by a Harvard Business School Associate Professor (Anita Elberse) and details the negative impact of digital downloading on music industry revenues.

The history of MPEG Audio Layer technology and a timeline that includes its first use as a format for digital music distribution.

This blog suggests that declining revenue streams in the music industry have been impacted greatly by video game sales and not just illegal music downloads.

Media managing software that can cope with anything you throw at it.

For when ITunes is just a little too picky about where you got that song from...... Download this software and use any music program you like. It's free initially, but pay after a period of time.

Rovi's entertainment products make entertainment easy to use, easy to discover, easy to organize, and easy to share.