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Music Industry stats cover areas related to the overall music landscape and includes digital music stats, listening habits, demographic data of music listeners, hardware / equipment data, industry revenue data, and other trends and stats related to music.

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Worldwide Music Industry Revenues (2006 - 2011)  2006 ($60.7 billion), 2007 ($61.5 billion), 2008 ($62.6 billion), 2009 ($65.0 billion), 2010 ($66.4 billion), 2011 ($67.6 billion)
Worldwide Recorded Music Revenues (2006 - 2011)  2006 ($36.0 billion), 2007 ($35.1 billion), 2008 ($34.6 billion), 2009 ($35.4 billion), 2010 ($35.1 billion), 2011 ($34.7 billion)
Worldwide Music Publishing Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $8.0 billion (2006), $8.3 billion (2007), $8.6 billion (2008), $8.9 billion (2009), $9.1 billion (2010), $9.4 billion (2011)
Worldwide Live Music / Concert Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $16.6 billion (2006), $18.1 billion (2007), $19.4 billion (2008), $20.8 billion (2009), $22.2 billion (2010), $23.5 billion (2011)
North American Recorded Music Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $12.6 billion (2006), $13.0 billion (2007), $12.8 billion (2008), $12.6 billion (2009), $12.6 billion (2010), $12.4 billion (2011)
North American Music Publishing Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $3.2 billion (2006), $3.3 billion (2007), $3.4 billion (2008), $3.6 billion (2009), $3.7 billion (2010), $3.8 billion (2011)
North American Live Music / Concert Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $7.3 billion (2006), $7.9 billion (2007), $8.5 billion (2008), $9.1 billion (2009), $9.7 billion (2010), $10.3 billion (2011)
North American Music Industry Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $23.1 billion (2006), $24.2 billion (2007), $24.7 billion (2008), $25.3 billion (2009), $26.0 billion (2010), $26.5 billion (2011)
US Digital Music Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $1.9 billion (2006), $2.8 billion (2007), $3.7 billion (2008), $4.5 billion (2009), $5.2 billion (2010), $5.7 billion (2011)
Worldwide Digital Music Revenues (2006 - 2011)  $2.9 billion (2006), $4.5 billion (2007), $7.0 billion (2008), $10.7 billion (2009), $12.9 billion (2010), 14.8 billion (2011)
Worldwide Recording Industry Revenues from Mobile (2006 - 2011)  $1.0 billion (2006), $1.7 billion (2007), $3.0 billion (2008), $4.8 billion (2009), $6.2 billion (2010), $7.3 billion (2011)
Worldwide Recording Industry Revenues from Online (2006 - 2011)  $1.9 billion (2006), $2.8 billion (2007), $4.1 billion (2008), $5.9 billion (2009), $6.7 billion (2010), $7.5 billion (2011)
Worldwide Recording Industry Revenues from Physical (2006 - 2011)  $33.1 billion (2006), $30.6 billion (2007), $27.5 billion (2008), $24.6 billion (2009), $22.2 billion (2010), $19.9 billion (2011)
US Recording Industry Revenues from Mobile (2006 - 2011)  $0.8 billion (2006), $1.1 billion (2007), $1.6 billion (2008), $2.0 billion (2009), $2.4 billion (2010), $2.8 billion (2011)
US Recording Industry Revenues from Online (2006 - 2011)  $1.1 billion (2006), $1.7 billion (2007), $2.2 billion (2008), $2.5 billion (2009), $2.8 billion (2010), $3.0 billion (2011)
US Recording Industry Revenues from Physical (2006 - 2011)  $9.7 billion (2006), $9.1 billion (2007), $8.0 billion (2008), $7.1 billion (2009), $6.4 billion (2010), $5.7 billion (2011)
Music Revenues in North American in 2005  $13 billion
Music Revenues in Western Europe in 2005  $11 billion
Music Revenues in North American in 2010  $15 billion
Music Revenues in Western Europe in 2010  $14 billion
% of US Adult Music Listeners toward a 99-cent Price per Digital Download of a Song, January 2006 (% of respondents) - Too Expensive  19% say Too Expensive, 52% say it's a Fair Price, 19% say it's a Bargain, 10% say they are Not Sure
Services that US Online Households Use to Download Music from the Internet, (% of respondents*)  70% Use Illegal P2P Site, 37% Use Online Legal Service, 11% Use Email, 10% Use Instant Messaging (2003), 58% Use Illegal P2P Site, 32% Use Online Legal Service, 6% Use Email, 9% Use Instant Messaging (2004), 38.3% Use Illegal P2P Site, 57.4% Use Online Legal Service, 6.2% Use Email, 6% Use Instant Messaging (2005)
Worldwide Music-Enabled Phone Shipments (2007)  441.1 million units in 2006, 618.1 million units in 2007
Worldwide Music-Enabled Mobile Phone Sales,(millions of units)  69.8 million units in 2005, 126.1 million units in 2006
Concert Ticket Revenues in North America (2001 - 2006)  $1.8 billion (2001), $2.1 billion (2002), $2.5 billion (2003), $2.8 billion (2004), $3.1 billion (2005), $3.6 billion (2006)
Worldwide Concert Ticket Revenues, (billions)  $8.2 billion (2006), $9.0 billion (2007), $9.8 billion (2008), $10.6 billion (2009), $11.4 billion (2010), $12.1 billion (2011)
European Music Executives" Who Believe Ending Digital Rights Management (DRM) Would Boost Download Sales, December 2006 - January 2007 (% of respondents)  58% of Music Executives at larger record labels, 48% of Music Executives at all record labels
European Music Executives' Opinions Regarding Digital Rights Management (DRM), December 2006 - January 2007 (% of respondents)  70% say Future of downloadable music lies in making tracks play on as many different players as possible, 62% say Dropping DRM and releasing music files that can be enjoyed on any MP3 player would boost the take-up of digital music, 54% say Current DRM systems are too restrictive
US MP3 Player Retail Sales, by Brand, February 2007 (% market share)  Apple (73.7%), San Disk (9%), Creative (3.3%), Microsoft (2.3%), Samsung (2.2%), Other (9.5%)
US Household Penetration of Select Stand-Alone Consumer Electronics and Converged Mobile Devices, Q4 2005 (% of households)  Digital Camera (52%), Camera Phone (25%), Portable Digital Music Player (19%), MP3 Music Phone (12%)
US Household Penetration of Select Stand-Alone Consumer Electronics and Converged Mobile Devices, Q1 2007 (% of households)  Digital Camera (63%), Camera Phone (41%), Portable Digital Music Player (37%), MP3 Music Phone (21%)
Ringtone Mobile Music Revenues in Europe (2011)  EUR 3.01 billion
Full Track Mobile Music Revenues in Europe (2011)  EUR 4.83 billion
Market Share of Mobile Music Revenues Worldwide, by Segment, 2006  Ringtones (81%), Ringback Tones (10%), Full-track Downloads (6%), Streamed Music (3%)
Market Share of Mobile Music Revenues Worldwide, by Segment, 2011  Ringtones (51%), Ringback Tones (17%), Full-track Downloads (19%), Streamed Music (13%)
Worldwide Revenues from Over-The-Air (OTA)* Full-Track Song Downloads, 2004, 2005 & 2011 (millions)  2004 ($12.4 million), 2005 ($251 million), 2011 ($9.3 billion)
Worldwide Mobile Music Revenues, by Type, 2005  Ringtone Downloads ($4.9127 billion), Streaming Audio ($72 million), Music Downloads ($65.1 million), Ringback Tones ($489 million)
Worldwide Mobile Music Revenues, by Type, 2010  Ringtone Downloads ($6.8157 billion), Streaming Audio ($562 million), Music Downloads ($1.5553 billion), Ringback Tones ($2.4046 billion)
Music Sponsorship Spending in North America, 2003-2011  2003 ($575 million), 2004 ($695 million), 2005 ($754 million), 2006 ($867 million), 2007 ($1 billion), 2008 ($1.1 billion), 2009 ($1.2 billion), 2010 ($1.3 billion), 2011 ($1.4 billion)
US Recording Industry Revenues, 2001-2006  2001 ($13.7 billion), 2002 ($12.6 billion), 2003 ($11.9 billion), 2004 ($12.3 billion), 2005 ($12.3 billion), 2006 ($11.5 billion)
US Music Performance Revenues, 2006-2011  2006 ($1.642 billion), 2007 ($1.715 billion), 2008 ($1.785 billion), 2009 ($1.855 billion), 2010 ($1.920 billion), 2011 ($1.985 billion)
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) US Revenues, 2003-2006  2003 ($668 million), 2004 ($699 million), 2005 ($749 million), 2006 ($785 million)
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) US Revenues, 2003-2006  2003 ($630 million), 2004 ($673 million), 2005 ($728 million), 2006 ($779 million)
Worldwide Synchronization Licensing Revenues, 2006-2011  2006 ($2.1 billion), 2007 ($2.2 billion), 2008 ($2.3 million), 2009 ($2.4 billion), 2010 ($2.4 billion), 2011 ($2.5 billion)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, XM Satellite Radio, 2005-2020  2005 (4.3 million), 2006 (6 million), 2007 (7.6 million), 2008 (9.12 million), 2009 (10.76 million), 2010 (12.48 million), 2015 (15.6 million), 2020 (17.94 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Sirius Satellite Radio, 2005-2020  2005 (2.0 million), 2006 (3.1 million), 2007 (6.01 million), 2008 (8.34 million), 2009 (9.99 million), 2010 (11.99 million), 2015 (14.39 million), 2020 (17.26 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Internet Radio*, 2005-2020  2005 (45 million), 2006 (56.7 million), 2007 (72.01 million), 2008 (91.45 million), 2009 (116.14 million), 2010 (147.5 million), 2015 (187.33 million), 2020 (196.69 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Mobile Phone Audio Streaming, 2005-2020  2005 (0 million), 2006 (1.48 million), 2007 (4.14 million), 2008 (8.69 million), 2009 (19.13 million), 2010 (40.17 million), 2015 (70.29 million), 2020 (108.95 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, HD Radio (terrestrial), 2005-2020  2005 (0.10 million), 2006 (0.27 million), 2007 (0.32 million), 2008 (1.51 million), 2009 (4.68 million), 2010 (12.17 million), 2015 (22.03 million), 2020 (35.69 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Terrestrial Radio (cumulative), 2005-2020  2005 (283.10 million), 2006 (279.65 million), 2007 (282.84 million), 2008 (279.97 million), 2009 (283.49 million), 2010 (284.19 million), 2015 (274.13 million), 2020 (258.69 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Internet Simulcast Terrestrial, 2005-2020  2005 (6.80 million), 2006 (11.30 million), 2007 (16.60 million), 2008 (24.70 million), 2009 (34.80 million), 2010 (48.70 million), 2015 (69.30 million), 2020 (78.70 million)
US Weekly Digital Media Users, Podcasting, 2005-2020  2005 (1.01 million), 2006 (1.49 million), 2007 (2.94 million), 2008 (3.68 million), 2009 (5.07 million), 2010 (6.34 million), 2015 (8.43 million), 2020 (15.93 million)
Trade Value of US Digital Music Sales in 2008  3,500,000,000
Digital Music % of 2008 Total Music Sales  20%
Global Digital Revenue by Industry in 2008  Games (20%), Recorded Music (20%), Newspapers (4%), Films (4%), Magazines (1%)
Total music consumption (both licensed and unlicensed) from 2003 - 2007  Increased by one third between 2003 and 2007.
Overall sales in the US hit an all time high in 2008, with music purchases across all formats  1.5 billion units
Number of tracks are downloaded without payment to rights holders (illegally downloaded) in 2008.  95% / percent
International music company digital revenues in 2008.  US$3.7 billion.
Global single track downloads in 2008  1.4 billion units globally
Top selling digital singles / downloads of 2008  Top selling digital singles / downloads of 2008: 1) Artist: Little Wayne - Song: Lollipop (9.1 million units), 2) Artist: Thelma Aoyama - Song: Sobaniirune (8.2 million units), 3) Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - Song: Low (8.0 million units) 4) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (7.7 million units) 5) Timbaland - Apologize (6.2 million units) 6) Greeen - Kiseki (6.2 millin units) 7) Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (5.7 million units) 8) Alicia Keys - No One (5.6 million units) 9) Usher feat. Young Jeezy - Love In This Club (5.6 million units) 10) Chris Brown - With You (5.5 million units)
US share of global digital music sales in 2008  50% of the global digital music market value
Number of single track downloads in the US (2008)  1.1 billion single track downloads
Number of digital album sold in 2008  66 million digital albums
% of total album sales made up by digital albums in 2008  15 per cent of total album sales
First label to report the majority of its revenue now coming from digital channels  Atlantic Records
Number of mobile singles sold in Japan in 2008  140 million mobile singles
Country with the biggest increase in digital sales in the first half of 2008  UK
Number of single tracks downloaded in the UK in 2008  110 million single tracks
Number of digital album sales in the UK in 2008  10.3 million digital albums
Number of online single tracks downloaded in France in 2008  14.5 million online single tracks
Number of digital albums sold in France in 2008  1.4 million digital albums
Number of tracks downloaded in France in 2007  12 million tracks downloaded
Number of single track downloads in 2008 in Germany  37.4 million tracks sold
Number of digital album sales in Germany in 2008  4.4 million tracks downloaded
% of recorded music sales in the US accounted for by digital music in the first half of 2008  39%
The proportion of US consumers’ disposable income spent on digital music vs. Europe  US 5x higher that in Europe
Online, US broadband users music spend compared to the UK and Spain (2007).  US$12.5 on music compared to US$7.8 in the UK and just US$0.6 in Spain
Top 5 Digital Markets / Countries  US (39%), Japan (19%), UK (16%), France (12%), Germany (9%)
Number of music tracks sold internationally in 2008.  1.4 billion music tracks sold internationally
Number of tracks sold by Apple's iTunes since launch / inception (January 2009)  6 billion downloads
Largest music retailer in the US (February 2008)  Apple's iTunes music store
Number of tracks, TV episodes, and films offered by iTunes  Eight million DRMfree licensed music tracks, as well as 20,000 TV episodes and more than 2,000 films.
Number of tracks offered by Amazon MP3  Six million DRM-free MP3 tracks
% of Amazon MP3's customers who previously bought from iTunes  10%
Demographic breakdown of Amazon MP3 customers vs. iTunes  Male users (64%) than iTunes (44%) and is weaker among the teen audience (3%) than iTunes (18%) in part due to iTunes gift voucher payment system.
Number of streams and playlists created at MySpace Music in the first month  More than one billion streams and in the first month more than 80 million playlists were created.
% of active Internet users watching a video clip online in 2008  83 per cent of active internet users worldwide
Number of consumer willing to view advertisements as the price of listening to music  45 million US consumers
Size of the global games industry in 2008 and 2012  US$48.3 billion in 2008
% of all game sales made up by music games in the first half of 2008  5 per cent of all games sales
Sales of the original Guitar Hero across all platforms in less than three years  23 million copies across all platforms in less than three years, grossing more than US$1 billion in North America alone
Song sales through Xbox Live (includes downloads from Guitar Hero and Rock Band)  3.8 million songs a month through Xbox Live
Size of the global / worldwide radio industry  US$32.5 billion
Size of the radio industry  US$17.6 billion in advertising revenue
Number of satellite radio subscribers  20 million users
% of advertising in Canada attributed to music  62%
Value placed on music by nightclub patrons as part of their nights experience  A$6.97
The fair price of using unprotected sound recordings at nightclubs  A$1.05 per person
World's second largest digital music market  Japan
% of digital music sales attributed to mobile in Japan  90% of digital music sales in Japan
% of mobile revenues in Japan that is attributed to full-length downloads to mobile  60% of mobile revenues
% of recorded music sales in Brazil that are attributed to digital music sales  10%
% of digital music sales attributed to mobile channels in Brazil  80%
% increase in mobile users in Brazil over the past three years  60% in the past three years
% of music company revenues that go into artist development  20 per cent of their revenues
Number of hip hop and rock acts / bands / artists on MySpace  2.5 million hip hop acts and 1.8 million rock artists
Number of genres music fans are open to listening to in the UK  15 genres
Top selling album on iTunes in 2008  Viva La Vida by ColdPlay sold two million copies through iTunes
Number of unauthorized music files in 2008  40 billion files in 2008
% of music tracks that are downloaded without payment to the artist or the music company that produced them  95 per cent
Amount of loss attributed to file sharing in UK  £180 million in 2008 with a cumulative loss to the industry of £1.1 billion by 2012
Number of potential employment losses from piracy to music, film, and TV sectors in the UK  30,000 jobs
% of Internet users in Europe that regularly swap music on P2P networks  16 per cent
% of network traffic attributed to file sharing in Europe  80 per cent of all internet traffic
% decrease in the number of album releases by new artists in France in first half of 2008  16 per cent decline
French share of new released albums domestically  10 per cent in the first half of 2008
Number of songs illegally downloaded in Spain in 2008  1.6 billion songs downloaded illegally
% of recorded music sales in Spain attributed to digital music  10 per cent of the market
Number of films distributed on P2P networks in France in May 2008 compared to movie tickets sold  13.7 million films compared to 12.2 million cinema tickets sold
Number of 15-24 year olds in Europe that uses copyright infringing P2P networks  One in three (1 in 3)
% of file sharing users that attributed their activity to the cost of music  71 per cent
% of people who downloaded music illegally in France who thought artists and authors should be paid for their work  84 per cent
Number of music consumers who downloaded music illegal because it's available for free  Seven out of 10 music consumers
% of all Internet traffic attributed to P2P file sharing  80 per cent of all internet traffic
% of UK music consumers would stop illegally downloading if told to do so by their ISP  Seven out of ten (72%)
% of French consumers who agree that internet account disconnection is a better approach than fines and criminal sanctions   Seven out of ten (74%)
% of American teenagers who are familiar with the law and think sanctions for illegal downloading are appropriate  Eight out of ten (82%)
% / percent of consumers who would stop illegally file-sharing after two warnings from their ISP  90 per cent of consumers
% / percent of Canadians who think parents should teach their children how to use the internet in a responsible way  93 per cent of Canadians
Number of people who download unauthorized files online in the UK  Three million people in the UK
% of UK movie downloaders who think the practice of downloading movies is too much work  11 per cent of UK movie downloaders
% / percent of all online views in the U.S. of the 2008 Olympics took place on NBC’s platform.  99 per cent of all online views
Number of infringing web links removed by the IFPI to stop potentially hundreds of millions of unlicensed downloads.  Three million infringing web links
% of students who download music and movies illegally  more than half of students
Number of illegal music downloads attributed to students in 2006.  1.3 billion illegal music downloads
US Recording industry revenue (physical music) - (2003 - 2012)  $11.9 billion (2003), $12.2 billion (2004), $11.2 billion (2005), $9.7 billion (2006), $8.6 billion (2007), $7.7 billion (2008), $6.9 billion (2009), $6.2 billion (2010), $5.5 billion (2011), $4.9 billion (2012)
US Recording industry revenue (digital music) - (2003 - 2012)  $0 (2003), $0.2 billion (2004), $0.8 billion (2005), $1.3 billion (2006), $2.0 billion (2007), $2.7 billion (2008), $3.4 billion (2009), $4.0 billion (2010), $4.6 billion (2011), $5.3 billion (2012)


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