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2021 US music revenue: Streaming still dominates; physical media 11% of sales

March 22, 2022May 4, 2022 Anthony

The RIAA released its figures for US music industry revenue for 2021. Streaming still dominates, while CDs and vinyl combined made up 11% of sales.

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10 pieces of technology deemed obsolete

October 5, 2021April 23, 2022 Anthony

A list of 10 pieces of technology deemed obsolete or nearly obsolete, including VCRs, film cameras, and black-and-white TVs.

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Streaming services made up 83% of US music industry revenue in 2020

March 9, 2021December 10, 2021 Anthony

A look at the state of US music industry revenue for 2020, including streaming now accounting for 83% of the music industry’s income.

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RIAA: Recorded music revenue grew 5.6% in first half of 2020; vinyl 62% of all physical media sales

September 15, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its twice a year report on US music industry sales. (A PDF version is available here.)

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Streaming made up 75% of US music industry revenue in 2018

March 11, 2019December 10, 2021 Anthony

Streaming services have become firmly cemented as the main source of revenue for the US music industry. The RIAA reports that 2018 saw a record

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Streaming made up two-thirds of US music revenue in 2017

March 30, 2018December 10, 2021 Anthony

Despite writing earlier this week about compact discs’ waning popularity, there’s some good news to report in the US music industry. The Record Industry Association

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What’s the future of compact discs?

March 26, 2018December 10, 2021 Anthony

Since their debut in 1982 (though they first went on sale in the United States in 1983), compact discs became the dominant format for music

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Music streaming revenue tops physical media sales for the first time

October 16, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

Music industry association the RIAA has released its mid-2015 music sales statistics. For the first time, sales of streaming media services (like Spotify, Google Play

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Streaming music subscriptions now outsell CDs

March 20, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the music industry’s organizational arm, has released a report stating that for the first time, streaming music subscriptions

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