Reports: music revenue

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MIDiA Research 2020-2027 Global Music Forecasts
Volume Trumps Value as Emerging Markets Dominate Growth

Mark Mulligan

July 2020

music revenue

Spotify

YouTube

This report presents the key figures, trends and drivers of MIDiA’s music forecast model. The figures presented in this report are retail values and in billions of US dollars unless otherwise stated....

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Global Music Forecasts 2015-2020
Declining Legacy Formats Cancel Out Streaming Growth

Mark Mulligan

October 2015

Subscriptions

music sales

music revenue

In a few short years streaming has gone from being an interesting sideshow to the most important component of the recorded music market in terms of impact, innovation and disruption, though not in revenue...

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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

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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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The Death of the Long Tail
The Superstar Music Economy

Mark Mulligan

July 2014

music sales

music revenue

Artists

The 21st century decline in recorded music revenues continues to send shockwaves throughout the music industry and although there are encouraging signs of digital-driven growth, the impact on artists is...

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The Superstar Artist Economy
Artist Income and the Top 1%

Mark Mulligan

July 2014

music revenue

live music

live

Since the advent of piracy artists have been told that they need not worry about declining music sales because their core business is making money from live and merchandise. At a headline level, macro...

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