From Forbes this morning, you Forbes-loving Forbesers:

"Music sales this year are down again, burnt by file sharing and CD burning, among other reasons: So far this year music buyers have bought 423 million units, down 5.2% from a year ago, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Rap and R&B fans in particular have kept their money in their wallet: Both genres are down about 22%.

"But country sales are up 9.6%, and the genre's overall market share has increased to 12.7% , up from 10.9% a year ago. (The only other genre that has shown significant growth this year is Latin music, boosted in large part by the success of hip-hop inflected reggaeton.)"

Here's a chart for you chart-loving charters out there: