The music industry faces another two years of declining compact disc sales that will not be offset¹ by new revenues from music downloads, according to a new report.

传媒研究公司Enders Analysis预计，到2009年，全部音乐销售额将只有CD销售鼎盛期的一半。这家公司称，预计2009年全球音乐销售额将降至230亿美元，较去年下降16%，远低于1997年450亿美元的峰值水平。

Enders Analysis, the media research company, predicts that overall music sales by 2009 will be half their level at the peak of the CD boom. Global music sales are forecast to fall to $23bn in 2009, down 16 per cent from last year and far below the peak of $45bn in 1997, according to Enders.