We take a look at how the data break down, how they compare to previous years, and how music compares to games and video.
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ERA claims musicians AND DSPs are more popular than labels
ERA’s longstanding consumer-tracker research interviews 2,000 Brits every quarter about a range of topics.
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ERA boss wants better data and more transparency for streaming
ERA CEO Kim Bayley has addressed the ongoing debate around the music streaming economy and artists, in a statement accompanying the body’s latest report.
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Consumer spending on music in the UK grew 8.7% in 2021
Music consumption grew by 2.5% in the UK last year, but actual spending grew by more, according to figures published by the ERA.
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Covid-19 sparked ‘boom’ in paid subscriptions in UK says ERA
‘How Britain entertained itself during lockdown’ is the title of the latest press release from UK body the Entertainment Retailers Association (Era). Surprisingly, the answer isn’t ‘doomscrolling Twitter in tears and making forts from panic-bought toilet rolls and flour’.
Era is understandably more focused on music, TV and gaming habits, and a “boom in sales of subscriptions”. In its latest tracking study, which began on 25 May, Era asked people which subscription services they had added since the start of lockdown.
Video hogs the chart: 10.5% of respondents had signed up to Disney+, and 8.4% to Netflix. But music makes an appearance too: 5.6% of people had added Amazon Prime (admittedly with free shipping and Prime Video the draws alongside Prime Music) while 4.2% had started subscribing to Spotify, 1.4% to YouTube Music and 1.2% to Amazon Music Unlimited.
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UK music industry set for its third National Album Day
When the going gets tough for the long-form album format, the tough get going on a campaign to persuade people to listen to albums.
Billy Ocean is one of the ambassadors for the third National Album Day in the UK, alongside Blossoms, La Roux, The Psychedelic Furs and Toyah Willcox.
Taking place on 10 October, it’s an event dreamed up by industry bodies the BPI and ERA, with support from broadcaster the BBC and other industry partners.
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10 talking points around kids, music and technology in 2020
Last month, Music Ally took part in the BPI and ERA’s New Kids on the Block online event, looking at children’s digital habits and what they mean for music.
Research company Kids Insights produced a report for the event too, which has been published today. We contributed a section on some of the interesting stories we’ve been reporting on around kids and music.
Here are the 10 stories we picked out, with a link to download the free full report (which has bags of stats and trendspotting from Kids Insights) at the end.
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BPI and ERA to host insights session on children and music
News that British industry bodies the BPI and ERA are hosting a ‘New Kids On The Block’ livestreamed event later this month may raise eyebrows, but sorry, it’s not the […]
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ERA boss Kim Bayley joins the #BrokenRecord streaming debate
The #BrokenRecord campaign has been gathering momentum in recent weeks – and was even the subject of our own Music Ally TV Show last week. Now ERA, the body that represents retailers and digital music services in the UK, has weighed into the debate.
ERA CEO Kim Bayley has published a blog post with her thoughts on the topic, walking the line between supporting artists and defending the streaming services.
“The effective closure of the live music business has robbed many musicians of their biggest single source of revenue. It is no wonder that this has focused attention on the relatively low returns many feel they see from the use of their recordings by digital service providers (DSPs),” wrote Bayley.
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Serving the Superfans: takeaways from today’s BPI / ERA / Music Ally online insight session
Today was going to be the day for an insight session put on in London by British industry bodies the BPI and ERA in partnership with Music Ally about ‘Serving the Superfans’. Covid-19 put paid to the in-person plans, so the event was taken online via Zoom. Here’s our report of some of the key takeaways.
Music Ally’s Eamonn Forde introduced the event by talking about some of the findings from his ‘Serving the Superfans’ report which will be published next week, to follow on from today’s event.
He talked about the long history of the superfan, which stretches back to a performance in Paris by Franz Lizt in 1844, which was notorious for provoking fan hysteria.
“That essence of fandom hasn’t really changed that much. It’s about an overwhelming love for an artist and their music, and complete identification with that. The artists and fans are the two constants here, it’s just how they are connected and reach each other that has changed,” said Forde.
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British music bodies optimistic despite Covid-19 impact
The BPI and the Entertainment Retailers Association remain positive about the outlook for the UK’s recorded music industry, despite COVID-19 and Brexit representing extremely tough challenges for the British music […]
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BPI & ERA Insight Session: Serving The Superfans – 29 April
Music Ally is partnering with ERA and the BPI to create a special report and livestreamed event looking at superfans and how to best market to them. The report will […]