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Streaming Accounted for 83% of $12 Billion Recorded Music Revenue in 2020
March 4th, 2021 at 9:34am Vince Neilstein

The industry had a great year despite the pandemic.


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Digital Streaming Services Reigned King in the Music Industry in 2018
March 4th, 2019 at 12:47pm MetalSucks

Meanwhile physical sales were down, and so were permanent digital downloads.


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CD Sales Down 41%, Overall Music Revenue Up 9.5% in First Half of 2018
September 21st, 2018 at 4:21pm Vince Neilstein

Digital downloads are down and streaming is up.


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Physical Sales Outpaced Digital Downloads in 2017
March 27th, 2018 at 9:57am Vince Neilstein

Also: streaming revenue now accounts for nearly 2/3rds of all income derived from recorded music.


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Streaming Revenue in 2016 Topped Downloads, CDs and Vinyl Sales Combined
March 31st, 2017 at 9:44am Vince Neilstein

Also: has the vinyl resurgence peaked?


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Streaming Music Revenue Surpasses CD Sales Revenue for First Time Ever in 2014
March 25th, 2015 at 12:00pm Vince Neilstein

If you’re still railing against streaming as the culprit of a failing industry… what are you doing?? Get on board. There’s clearly real money to be made.


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MUSIC BIZ NEWS ROUND-UP: SALES ARE UP, BYE-BYE BEST BUY, AND WAS TAPE TRADING PIRACY?
March 29th, 2012 at 2:30pm Axl Rosenberg

Why am I lumping all this miscellaneous news about the […]


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MUST-WATCH TED TALK: RHAPSODY CO-FOUNDER ROB REID ON “COPYRIGHT MATH”
March 19th, 2012 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg

This is SO FUNNY and SO GREAT, and it will […]


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TENNESSEE WANTS TO BAN YOU FROM SHARING YOUR NETFLIX AND RHAPSODY PASSWORDS
June 2nd, 2011 at 11:00am Vince Neilstein

From the desks of the same folks who have wasted […]


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ALBUM SALES WAY DOWN IN ’08; UNSURPRISINGLY, RECORD BUSINESS MORALE ALSO DOWN
July 8th, 2008 at 12:32pm Vince Neilstein

Album sales in the United States have taken a big […]


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DEAR MAJOR LABELS, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
October 5th, 2007 at 12:57pm Vince Neilstein

In case you live in an Internet-less black hole, there’s […]


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