Sales Of Classical Music Up In 2003

Sales of “classical” music CDs were up last year in the UK. “Classical sales increased by one million copies to 14 million in 2003. New Zealand’s Hayley Westenra, 16, had the top-selling classical album of the year with her debut Pure, which has sold almost 600,000 copies in the UK. Welsh singer Bryn Terfel came in at number two, with Andrea Bocelli and Aled Jones also in the top 10.”