Only 1 Album Went Platinum This Year… Guess Who?

<p>In 2014&comma; there was only one artist that had a platinum album&comma; and that was Taylor Swift&period; If predictions hold true&comma; ’1989′ will be the first album released in 2014 to sell a million copies&comma; let alone a million copies in one week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;T&period;I&period;’s ninth album debuted at number 2 with just under 80k sold in its first week on shelves&period; So whats the main reason for such a decline in sales&quest; You guessed it&comma; iTunes and Youtube&period; There are so many ways to download free music off of youtube&comma; which is where we get all of our music from but shhh don&&num;8217&semi;t tell nobody&period; The simple fact that you can purchase each song  as a single on iTunes makes it so that customers don&&num;8217&semi;t have to buy an entire album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do y&&num;8217&semi;all think this says about the future of music&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;images&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-2750" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;images&period;jpg" alt&equals;"images" width&equals;"306" height&equals;"306" &sol;><&sol;a> <a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;tj-paperwork-the-motion-picture&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2751" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;tj-paperwork-the-motion-picture-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tj-paperwork-the-motion-picture" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a> <a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;rs&lowbar;600x600-140818141759-600taylor-swift-1989-album&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2752" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;rs&lowbar;600x600-140818141759-600taylor-swift-1989-album-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"rs&lowbar;600x600-140818141759-600taylor-swift-1989-album" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a> <a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;Taylor-Swift1-630x420&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2753" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;Taylor-Swift1-630x420-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Taylor-Swift1-630x420" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;a><a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;1408400005000-taylor-swift&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2754" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;1408400005000-taylor-swift-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"1408400005000-taylor-swift" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;a> <a href&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;f1b6fc30-2722-11e4-875b-2160af35f033&lowbar;taylor-yahoo&period;jpeg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2755" src&equals;"&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;f1b6fc30-2722-11e4-875b-2160af35f033&lowbar;taylor-yahoo-300x187&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"f1b6fc30-2722-11e4-875b-2160af35f033&lowbar;taylor-yahoo" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"187" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;jaykelllz">&commat;JayKelllz<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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