In 2010, over 7.7 million people illegally downloaded music and over 1.2 BILLION tracks have been copied or shared, which ended up costing the music industry over £219 million.
Overall in 2009, album sales have droped by 3.5%, which for the 5th year, they have fallen.
Across the entire year, singles sales increased by 32.7% to a record 152 million, with 98% of those being digital download.
To try and cut down on illegally downloading, Digital Britain have a new scheme set in 2010 to send letters to those downloading songs without permission, and if they choose to ignore this letter, their broadband will be slowed and reduced.
Communications minister Lord Carter said: "We think online piracy is wrong. It is unacceptable. Creative companies, rights owners, individuals, have a right to protection.It has now been said that over 95% of downloads are illegal.
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