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58.5% Of British Music Buyers Only Purchase CDs...
In 2011? Yes, according to trade group BPI, which just released the stat as part of its 'Annual Yearbook.' Actually, the 58.5 percent figure is for 2010 and also includes some fringe physical formats, though CDs easily dominate this category. “Taken as a whole, 58.5 percent of music buyers bought physical formats only in 2010, down ...
Breaking: U.S Music Sales Are up in 2011
Some bloggers overuse “breaking" in their headlines, but new Nielson stats that show music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6% in 2011 really is big news for the struggling recorded music industry. Or is it? Physical albums continued to decline compared to the same period in 2010, but digital album and track purchases thru May ...
Every Album, Single, Download, Spin, and Stream in 2011...
The following is a detailed count of music transactions and plays in the United States, specifically between the dates of January 3rd and May 1st of this year. That includes albums (physical and digital), paid downloads (sorry, no P2P), on-demand and non-interactive stream, and traditional radio spins. The tally was presented by Nielsen at the NARM ...
Can Concerts Save This Business? Check out These Stats...
Live music is a confusing place these days. At the top, mega-stars like Bon Jovi and U2 are making insane ransoms. Take a few steps down, and well-known artists like Imogen Heap are having difficult paying for the tour bus. Then, the stories from developing artists are frequently discouraging, and recession-weary concertgoers are showing more selectivity. ...
Gamification - The Music Industry, Fan Clubs and Thinking Like a Game Designer
As the music industry embraces gaming, from licensing to games featuring musician, it's easy to think of games as simply offering new revenue streams and marketing tools. Given the explosion of games on the open web, on Facebook and on mobile platforms, more money is a comforting concept in an industry struggling to survive decreasing sales. ...
Tunecore Poll: 82% Say More Will Stream Than Download Music
A new Tuncore poll of its musician and music industry users took a look at “A Future Of Downloading Or Streaming?" They we're asked the question: “Do you think consumers will stream more music than they download?." The bigger question for the industry may be how much fans are willing to pay to stream music, but ...
Only 22% of High Schoolers Want to Pay 99 Cents a Song
How does the 99¢ song fair among high school students? Not very well, according to a new study by Piper Jaffray. Only 22% of the 4,500 participants said they'd consider paying 99¢ for a track. In contrast, 65% use P2P services to get music for free, with a mere 35% indicating that they purchase music from ...
The Bigger Sales Picture in Canada...
Some of these stats were released at Canadian Music Week last month, though Nielsen Soundscan has now released a more complete sales picture for 2010. This covers the 52-week period ending January 2nd, 2011, though for whatever reason Nielsen just released the data this week. Most of the trends resemble the US. At a top level, ...
Labels Enjoying Non-Catastrophic Sales Decline...
Hey, this is about as good as it gets on the recording side right now . According to first-quarter, US-based stats published by Nielsen Soundscan, album sales declined a 'mere' 5 percentduring the first quarter (January through March). That figure aggregates physical and digital formats. Specifically, album sales landed at 77.8 million units, which compares favorably ...
