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[[File:US album equivalent unit.png|thumb|250px|The standard of an album-equivalent unit in the United States, according to the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]]] |
[[File:US album equivalent unit.png|thumb|250px|The standard of an album-equivalent unit in the United States, according to the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]]] |
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The '''album-equivalent unit''' is a measurement unit in [[music industry]] to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one [[album]] copy.<ref name="pitchfork"/><ref name="BillboardRule"/> This consumption includes [[streaming media|streaming]] and [[music download|song downloads]] in addition to traditional [[album sales]]. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid-[[2010s]] as an answer to the drop of album sales in the 21st century. Album sales more than halved from 1999 to 2009, declining from a $14.6 to $6.3 billion industry |
The '''album-equivalent unit'''
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