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The Aficionado Impact
How Super Fans Changing Spending Patterns Are Dragging Down Music Sales

Mark Mulligan

February 2015

superfan

consumer behavior

Consumer behaviour

Total revenue growth in streaming heartland markets in 2012 and 2013 painted a strong picture for the streaming era. But by 2014 much of that growth had transformed into decline. Neither trends provide...

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US Music Consumer Deep Dive
The Growing Impact Of Free

Tim Mulligan

January 2015

Music consumers

Streaming Music

downloads

The world’s largest music market continues to set the pace for digital music adoption among the large music markets. Tech savvy young Americans are increasingly embracing consumption over ownership models...

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Global Music Forecasts 2014 to 2019
The Shift To The Consumption Era

Mark Mulligan

July 2014

Subscriptions

Music revenue

Streaming

2013 was the recorded music industry’s 14th successive year of revenue decline. The prolonged death rattle of the CD continues to drag the global market down with it and things just got worse with the...

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Decoding the Digital Consumer
An Analysis of the Digital Music Behaviour of UK Consumers

Mark Mulligan

December 2013

Consumer behaviour

Music consumers

Subscriptions

10 years after the launch of the iTunes Store and 5 years after the launch of Spotify, digital music remains a largely niche sector, with the notable exception of YouTube. Despite a decade of contraction...

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