Archive for the Music Category
What do music buyers do after buying music online?
Go to the artist's or band's website 39% Look online for live performances by that artist 28 Read websites or blogs about the music 26 Post the music to your page on MySpace...
How people learn about music they may want to buy
Ages 18-35 Ages 36-50 Age 51+ Hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie 90% 85% 76% From friends, family members, or co-workers 72 70 51 Getting copies of song...
Music consumption statistics
British Music Rights published its findings on the state of digital music in UK. ...
53% of online Americans purchased music in 2007
Some 27% of internet users say they have downloaded music from the internet, according to March 2006 survey. Now 53% of respondents said they had purchased music in 2007, and 26% of respondents were d...
32% of internet users buy music online
62% of internet users who used the internet to find out about music they bought cite something they found offline with 32% saying it was something they found on the internet, according to the Pew Inte...
56% of those who bought music most recently said they could have made the purchase online
For the most part, those who said their most recent music purchase was in a store were doing this by choice. Some 56% of those who bought music most recently said they could have made the purchase onl...
62% of Americans say all of the music they buy are CDs
62% of respondents in the music module said all of the music they buy are CDs. 20% said most are CDs; 7% said most of their purchases are individual digital files; 5% said all of their purchases were ...
Sharing content and buzz after buying music
Talk with friends or family about the music 77% Share the music with others 62 Watch a music video of the song or artist 56 Go to see the artist or band perform at a concert...
How people learn about music they may want to buy
Ages 18-35 Ages 36-50 Age 51+ Hearing a song on the radio, on TV, or in a movie 90% 85% 76% From friends, family members, or co-workers 72 70 51 Getting copies of song...
How Internet users 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 people do after buying music online
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...
Demographics of an online music buyer
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...
24% of US teens write music
All teens Cell phone owners Computer owners Types of non-school writing Write letters or notes to other people 64% 67% 64% Write in a journal 34 36 36 Short writ...
How internet users who have bought music in 2007 use online resources to learn about music
Going to the website of an artist, band, or record label 37% Listening to free streaming samples of songs online 34 Visiting an online store that sells music 34 Downloading m...
37% of US consumers own a portable MP3 player
37% of consumers own an iPod or other brand of portable MP3 player, up from 30% in 2007 and more than two-and-a-half times the proportion in 2005 (14%). 73% of those ages 12-17 own a digital audio pla...
Most popular music download services: iTunes, Napster
iTunes usage increased significantly, to 24% past-30-day-usage among total US downloaders, up from 18% in 2006, according to Ipsos. An emerging majority (50% of downloaders aware of more than one site...
How digital music gets on the users’ phones
Source of digital music on the phone France Germany Italy Spain UK US Transferred from PC 85.8% 88.7% 86.9% 87.3% 83.6% 75.2% Direct to phone - transferred from friends/f...
28% of those online users who listen to radio have a MySpace page
28% of online radio listeners have a MySpace page. 24% have a profile on LinkedIn, according to Arbitron and Edison Media Research. ...
33 mln Americans listen to online radio stations
Some 33 mln Americans age 12+ listen to a radio station over the internet during an average week - up from 29 mln listeners in 2006, according to Arbitron and Edison Media Research. 13% of Americans a...
500 mln music phones shipped in 2007
More than 500 mln music phones were shipped worldwide in 2007, 300 mln units more than regular music players, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. By 2011, of the 941 mln handsets that will ship worl...
74.1% of iPhone owners listened to mobile music in January 2008
74.1% of iPhone owners listening to mobile music in January 2008, compared to 6.7% of the total mobile audience, according to M:Metrics. 84% of iPhone owners who use an MP3 player use an iPod. Demogra...
64% of Canadian teens have downloaded digital music
64% of teens in Canada have downloaded digital music or MP3 files, according to Ipsos Reid. 30% do this often, from a few times a week to daily (compared with 7% of adults). More than 51% of teens pla...
Top US music retailers: Wal-Mart, Apple
Apple announced that iTunes is now the #2 music retailer in the US, behind only Wal-Mart, based on the data from the NPD Group. Apple also announced that there are now over 50 mln iTunes Store custome...