Posted April 8, 201411 yr It happened in the USA. Is the UK far behind? Physical CD, digital tracks download and digital album downloads are now in decline in the USA. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news...down-streams-up At the end of the quarter, digital tracks were down 12.5%, to 312 million units from 356.5 million units. Digital albums were down 14.2%, to 27.8 million from 32.4 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Only streaming is growing: 2011: $650 million 2012: $1.033 billion (up 59%) 2013: $1.439 billion (up 39%)
April 8, 201411 yr Author :( I love sales because you can track them. Watching streaming is pretty boring. You can track streaming too. http://charts.spotify.com/ that's the equivalent of Itunes giving sales figure on a weekly basis in every country it operate. each stream on spotify = $0.006 in royalties 100 Spotify streams = $0.60 royalties
April 8, 201411 yr It happened in the USA. Is the UK far behind? Physical CD, digital tracks download and digital album downloads are now in decline in the USA. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news...down-streams-up Only streaming is growing: 2011: $650 million 2012: $1.033 billion (up 59%) 2013: $1.439 billion (up 39%) Digital tracks have been declining here since last autumn, but digital albums are still increasing.
April 8, 201411 yr This thread seems vaguely familiar.... This is actually about the US charts, saying will the UK follow doesn't really make it about the UK charts now does it. Thread moved to international charts.
May 22, 201411 yr Author In the USA, streaming is within 1.5 - 2 years of surpassing download according to my prediction. The same will be true in the UK too soon afterward. 2012 RIAA #: Streaming Revenue: $1.0328 billion USD (up 59%) Singles Download Revenue: $1.623.6 billion USD (up 6.7%) Album Download Revenue: $1.205 billion USD-----------------combined downloads at $2.829 billion CD (physical): $2.4856 billion USD 2013 RIAA#: Streaming Revenue: $1.439 billion USD (up 39.3%) Singles Download Revenue: $1.569 billion USD (down 3.4%) Album Download Revenue: $1.234 billion USD (up 2.4%) ----combined downloads is at $2.803 billion CD (physical): $2.1235 (down 14.6%) For 2014, download combined is down 13.3% according to Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news...down-streams-up At the end of the quarter, digital tracks were down 12.5%, to 312 million units from 356.5 million units. Digital albums were down 14.2%, to 27.8 million from 32.4 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. 2014 prediction: streaming: $1.87 billion (up 30%) download (combined): $2.44 billion (down 13%) 2015 prediction: streaming: $2.34 billion (up 25%) download (combined): $2.20 billion (down 10%)
June 23, 201411 yr Author Looking at the USA market: 2012 RIAA #: Streaming Revenue: $1.0328 billion USD (up 59%) Singles Download Revenue: $1.623.6 billion USD (up 6.7%) Album Download Revenue: $1.205 billion USD-----------------combined downloads at $2.829 billion CD (physical): $2.4856 billion USD 2013 RIAA#: Streaming Revenue: $1.439 billion USD (up 39.3%) Singles Download Revenue: $1.569 billion USD (down 3.4%) Album Download Revenue: $1.234 billion USD (up 2.4%) ----combined downloads is at $2.803 billion CD (physical): $2.1235 (down 14.6%) According to Billboard, streaming is growing some 30-40% this first quarter. Download is down 13.3% overall. Here's my projection 2014 RIAA # projection Streaming: ~$2 billion combinded download: ~$2.4 billion 2015 RIAA # projection Streaming: ~$2.6 billion combined download: ~$2.1 billion Streaming revenue will surpass combined download revenue in the USA in about 12-14 months. Without a doubt, streaming will be the dominant form of music consumption in the very near future.
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