Analysis News Sweden’s recorded music market falls as CD sales plummet Income from CD sales fell by a massive 38%
News The Backstreet Boys have sold more albums than The Beatles in Canada in past 20 years Shania Twain has bestselling album in country since 1995
Analysis ‘Old’ albums now outsell new albums on iTunes in America Annual sales of new albums have plummeted by more than 150m in the past ten years
News Canada: Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran amongst 2014’s bestselling albums 1989 the only album to sell 300k+
News Italy: Recorded music business grows again in 2014 as downloads fall 15% Physical now represents 65% of market
Analysis Canada: Album sales down 5% in 2014 as downloads tumble More than 6bn streams in six months to December
Analysis The CD is still king of the music biz in Australia – but it’s hurting badly Format generated more than AUS $115m
Analysis Australia’s recorded music business declined 10% in 2014 Country in danger of being overtaken by Canada
Analysis Australia: Income from free streaming platforms FELL in 2014 Digital downloads are bringing in five times the income from streaming
Analysis Norway’s music market stopped growing in 2014 – because the CD crashed and burned Physical sales down 38%, downloads down 15%
Blog If music industry ADHD kills the CD, we’ll regret it 'All I'm asking is... are we looking at this market from an objective point of view?'
News You won’t believe how much K-Pop stars are earning. No, really, you won’t. Girls Generation's income makes Premiership footballers look like paupers
News German recorded music market leaving the UK behind as it grows 1.8% in 2014 UK market turned over more than 100 million Euros less in 2014
News The UK Government can’t work out how much its own music industry is worth DCMS admits that some roles, including A&R, are impossible to audit
News 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%