Reports: music sales

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Recorded Music Market 2019
A Thriving and Transforming Industry

Mark Mulligan

March 2020

music sales

Streaming

Streaming Music

With five successive years of growth, the recorded music market has transitioned from a recovering industry into a thriving business. The stars are aligning, with growing consumer demand, business model...

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Recorded Music Market 2018
Stream Engine

Mark Mulligan

March 2019

music sales

Streaming

Streaming Music

  For the fourth consecutive year, recorded music revenues grew again in 2018 with streaming revenue the engine room of growth. For the first time, streaming became the majority of label revenue and...

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Recorded Music Market 2017
Streaming Accelerating Growth

Mark Mulligan

April 2018

music sales

Streaming

Streaming Music

Recorded music revenues are booming and the distribution end of the value chain is both vibrant and competitive. This has not been the case for many, many years. Streaming is on course to become the main...

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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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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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