Digital Song Sales Hit Seven-Year Low as Streaming Continues to Rise Kevin Fleming September 7, 2015 Music News With 15.66 million digital songs sold in the U.S. in the week ending August 27, according to Nielsen Music, the industry saw its lowest weekly song volume in nearly eight years. It’s the smallest weekly sum for song downloads since the week ending December 9, 2007, when 15.64 million were sold. Related