Adele's Fans Buy Millions, But Record Sales Continue to Drop

Even though Adele broke records for album sales with "25,'' she couldn't stop overall record sales from continuing to decline in 2015 as consumers keep switching to on-demand streaming services. According to Nielsen Music's 2015 year-end report, total album sales dropped 6.1 percent to 241.4 million, from 257 million in 2014. Even digital track sales declined 12.5 percent compared with 2014. The British singer drove fans to purchase over 7.4 million copies of her...

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