Archive for the Music Category
European music sales down 8.3% in 2008
Despite global digital sales growing 24.1 % to $3.78 bln and performance income by 16.2% in 2008, European music sales finished down 8.3% at $18.4 bln after a 15.4% collapse in physical sales....
33% of all music sold in 2008 was digital
According to The NPD Group, the number of Internet users paying for digital music increased by just over 8 mln in 2008 to 36 mln Internet users. Purchases of online digital music downloads increased b...
$3.7 bln of digital music sold in 2008
IFPI reported legal digital global sales in 2008 grew by an estimated 25% to $3.7 bln in trade value, to account for about 20% of the industry's global recorded music sales, up from 15% in 2007. 95% o...
Top albums of 2008
Rank Title Artist 1 As I Am Alicia Keys 2 Noel Josh Groban 3 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 4 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 5 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 6 Rock...
Most downloaded songs in 2008
Rank Song Artist 1 Low Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain 2 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 3 Lollipop Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major 4 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry 5 Viva L...
Most listened songs on the radio in 2008
Rank Song Artist Total Listeners 1 No One Alicia Keys 3,084,014,000 2 Low Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain 3,025,670,000 3 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 2,754,498,000 4 Apo...
Album sales down 14% in 2008
Total album sales fell 14% to 428.4 mln units in 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This follows a 15% drop in 2007, and sets a new low since the firm began monitoring sales in 1991. ...
15% of music sold worldwide in 2007 was digital
In 2007, online music distribution represented about 23% of revenue in the US, and about 15% worldwide. As a percentage of total revenue in the US market, physical media (CDs, LPs, DVD-A and so on) ha...
Only 22% of US Internet users buy CDs in Q3 2008
YTY consumer demand for music among Internet users in the US fell 2% in Q3 of 2008. The proportion of US Internet users, age 13 and older, purchasing a CD in the prior month fell from 25% in Q3 2007 t...
Top music download sites in Japan
Audience, 000 Minutes per Visitor Visits per Visitor Total Audience 57,356 1,049.1 38.3 MORA.JP 1,388 13.3 2.1 MORAWIN.JP 1,375 5.3 1.9 MUSICO.JP 1,055 4.8 ...
US music sales to reach $9.2 bln by 2013
Forrester Research estimates that music sales in the United States will decline to $9.2 bln in 2013, from $10.1 bln 2008. That compares with $14.6 bln in 1999, according to the Recording Industry Asso...
34% of American adults own an MP3 player
According to a December 2007 Pew Internet Project survey, 34% of American adults and 43% of internet users report owning an iPod or MP3 player, up from 20% of the total population and 26% of internet ...
MP3 player shipment growth is expected to slow to just 4.4% in 2009
MP3 player shipment growth is expected to slow to just 4.4% in 2009 before finally turning slightly negative in 2012. MP3 player shipments in the region grew 21.6% in 2006 before falling to 8.4% in 20...
Music market shares in October 2008
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Universal Music led the US music market with 35.12% in October 2008, followed by Sony Music with 22.79%, Warner Music with 21.12%, EMI Group with 8.35%, and the rest of...
19.6 mln Symbian phones shipped in Q2 2008
A total of 19.6 mln Symbian based phones shipped in Q2 2008, compared to 18.7 mln units during Q2 2007 and 18.5 mln during the Q1 2008, according to Symbian....
Top US music retailers: Apple, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, Target
Without providing exact details on the number of digital tracks sold, NPD Group reports on top music retailers in the US in the first half of 2008. NPD's data reflects the ongoing consumer shift from ...
41% of online buyers of music ordered a CD and 58% downloaded digital files
41% of online buyers of music ordered a compact disc and 58% downloaded digital files, according to Pew Internet Project. Put differently, 13% of music buyers say their most recent music purchase was ...
56% of music buyers could buy music online
56% of those who bought music most recently said they could have made the purchase online, while 37% said they could not have, according to Pew Internet Project. Among the 22% of music purchasers who ...
How do online music buyers find out about new music?
Ages 18-35 Ages 36-50 Age 51+ Going to the website of an artist, band, or record label 41% 38% 30 Listening to free streaming samples of songs online 46 25 21 Visiting...
What online users do after buying music
Ages 18-35 Ages 36-50 Age 51+ Go to the artist's or band's website 45% 40 29 Look online for live performances by that artist 29 28 26 Read websites or blogs about the...
Music buying by ages
Ages 18-35 Ages 36-50 Age 51+ All CDs 43% 65% 77% Most are CDs 26 20 13 Most are digital files 12 7 3 All are digital files 11 3 2 About half and half 4...
12% of music buyers purchase digital music files
Only 12% of music buyers report that they purchase digital music files, just 23% of internet-using music buyers say online resources were most important to their decision, and 63% say online informati...
83% music buyers find their music from hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie
83% music buyers find out about music from hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie. 64% of music buyers say they find out about music from friends, family, or coworkers, according to Pew Int...
27% of internet users downloaded music from the internet in 2008
Shipments of CDs peaked at 942.5 mln units in 2000 and fell by 25% to 705 mln units in 2005, according to Pew Internet Project. Figures released earlier this year show that album sales fell by 9.5% in...