Music Business Worldwide

Nielsen

99.99% of the US population didn’t buy America’s No.1 album in the last chart week

And it was a similar story in the UK...

At this rate, music downloads will be dead by 2020

Tracks have plummeted by 42% over the past four years

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Nielsen competitor BuzzAngle starts testing service in the UK and beyond

Firm to expand to the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Brazil

Adele’s 25 is a very special album – but it’s not a miracle

Just how special is 'the Adele factor'?

Even Adele can’t stop ‘old’ albums outselling new artist releases

Catalogue trumps current album sales in historic milestone for the music biz

Streaming music is too expensive, say a worrying number of consumers

46% of consumers say streaming services are too expensive

Why aren’t people paying for music streaming subscriptions?

New Nielsen report delivers some home truths

Independent labels trounce UMG, Sony and Warner in US market shares

But indies heavily reliant on majors for distribution

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Audio streaming volume grows 127% in Canada – but YouTube is king

Video streams up 56% to 8.4bn in the country

Download decline devastates online sales of classic hits in America

Tracks suffer harsh results, but albums stay protected

US album sales fall 4% in first half of 2015 as CD rules market… just

Streaming jumps 92% to 135.2bn

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Rock music is twice as popular as pop in America – but R&B rules streaming

Rock takes 33% of album sales vs. pop's 11%

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Radio, not YouTube, is still king of music discovery

51% of US consumers use radio to discover new music

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Actually, album sales are doing fine in America… so long as you’re not iTunes, Walmart or Target

'Non-traditional' retail posts 5% increase in album sales

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US music fans now spend more on concerts than CDs, downloads and streaming combined

Streaming claims just 3% of the average fan's yearly spend