Despite being released on the internet before it was ever available in stores - with listeners setting their own price, no less - Radiohead’s In Rainbows has taken a second at the top spot on the Billboard. Of course, this wouldn’t really be much of a news story all by itself. I mean, it’s kind of cool that Radiohead’s record is still at number one even though most of the people who wanted it have already been listening to it for more than a month, but it’s really not enough all by itself. No, this is news because Radiohead is managing to outsell everyone even with the worst album sales they’ve had in a very long time over two weeks.

They have sold just over 200,000 units, meaning that the artists below them on the chart should be quite ashamed of themselves. There was a time, not even a decade ago, when records were debuting with sales in the millions. Who knew then that this victory march would actually be the death knell of the music industry? When a record most people already own is staying at number 1 for two straight weeks by selling an average of 104,000 units a week, the music industry officially has a problem. When this is accompanied by Jay-Z signing with Apple and Madonna signing with Live Nation, you can see why MTV dubbed 2007 The Year the Music Industry Died.