It's been a relatively tough few years for some parts of the entertainment industry. In dance music, while there are more festivals and clubs around the world than you can shake a stick at, things like piracy and the mass availability of free music has made a dent in the pockets of record label owners, both small and large alike. Meanwhile, the video game industry is doing better than ever, with Grand Theft Auto 5 becoming the biggest selling entertainment product of 2013.
Within three days of the game's release, it hit $1 billion in global sales, going on to sell 3.7 million copies in the UK alone in 2013, even beating films like Skyfall. A sign of the times, music sales dropped half a percent last year, while video games grew as the entertainment's leading force with a 6.6 percent boost for the year. While it's unlikely that 2014 will see the trend change for video games, one question remains - can the music industry dig itself out of the ever-widening pit they seem to be falling further and further into this year, or will album sales continue to decline?