# Soundscan and Internet Music Sales?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundscan-and-internet-music-sales/64915>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundscan-and-internet-music-sales/64915 "2001-05-09T22:28:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundscan-and-internet-music-sales/64915/1 "2001-05-09T22:28:06Z")

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Someone told me that online retailers like amazon and cdnow have started reporting figures to Soundscan to better track album sales. As far as I know, this is not the case,  
is it true??