Apple's impact on the music industry continues to grow, with its Complete My Album feature reportedly accounting for 5 per cent of sales of recent Lil Wayne album, 'Tha Carter III'.
Six tracks from Lil Wayne's album were released before it shipped, and despite the entire album being leaked, it sold one million copies, Billboard reports.
"What's more, 10 per cent of the album's sales were digital, up from less than 1 per cent for Wayne's past titles. And the most eyebrow-raising statistic? Fifty-two per cent of the album's sales on iTunes came through Complete My Album."
These reports come as record labels today revealed digital sales in the UK to be going from strength to strength, with digita