CD Baby has revealed that typical artists makes 82% of their revenue from paid downloads, with CDs contributing 11% and streaming just 6%.
March 7th, 2012 by Music Ally
NPD Group has published its latest figures for the US consumer music market, claiming that total track sales rose 4% year-on-year, with the decline in CD sales "not nearly as severe as in the past, and...
March 7th, 2012 by Music Ally
NPD Group has published its latest figures for the US consumer music market, claiming that total track sales rose 4% year-on-year, with the decline in CD sales "not nearly as severe as in the past, and...
February 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
As with many issues in the modern music industry, the debate around whether streaming services like Spotify are additive or cannibalistic tends to be polarised: it can feel like you either have to be for...
January 2nd, 2012 by Darren Hemmings
Today the BPI published their 2011 sales report. You can read the summary here, but some key headlines were as follows: CD sales: 86.2m Digital Album Sales: 28.6m Digital Single Sales: 175.1m Vinyl Sales:...
August 17th, 2009 by Music Ally
US band Health have announced a Josh Freese-style array of treats for fans who buy their album, although rather than tie them to more expensive premium editions, they're giving them as prizes in a sweepstake...
June 18th, 2009 by Music Ally
You want more research on the impact file-sharing has on creative industries, for everyone to argue about? You got it! Economists Felix Obeholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf have published a report claiming...
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