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During this year’s first six month Swedish recod companies and labels increased sales by 1.7 percent, according to new figures by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Lisa Cronstedt, spokeswoman at Ifpi in Sweden, said that better legal alternatives, the new “Ipred” copyright law and a good selection of music mainly explain the upswing. “Sweden is still one of the few countries in the world music with a positive sales performance”, she said. Revenues from albums dived 18 percent but still contributes for 64 percent of the record companies sales. Digital music accounts for one-third of the sale, an increase by more than 100 percent. Sales of digitally streamed music increased 242 percent during the period.