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

March 9, 2021 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

US music industry group the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) released its figures for music revenue in 2020. Despite the pandemic, ongoing trends from

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

September 15, 2020 Anthony Media Missives

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.)

YouTube Music gains feature parity with Google Play Music, latter to shut down

May 15, 2020 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

Two years ago, I wrote about Google’s plan to launch YouTube Music, a replacement for Google Play Music. At the time, it didn’t seem quite

Streaming made up 79% of US music revenue in 2019

March 9, 2020 Anthony Media Missives

Music industry group the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) has released its annual revenue report. As is the case over the past several years,

Favorite music services and software (2019 edition)

August 5, 2019 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

A year ago, I wrote a post about what music streaming services and software I use. As a few things have changed over the past

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

March 11, 2019 Anthony Media Missives

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

Streaming made up 75% of US music industry revenue for the first half of 2018

October 3, 2018 Anthony Media Missives

US music industry revenue figures are in for the first half of 2018. It turns out streaming’s only gaining more and more strength even versus

Favorite music services and software (2018 edition)

August 20, 2018 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

I last wrote about what music/audio services I use back in 2015, which was awhile ago. Thus, I thought an updated look was in order.

Google announces YouTube Music changes; Google Play Music to stay (for now)

May 18, 2018 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

On Thursday, Google announced some changes to its music services. Currently, Google’s music services are a bit confusing to explain. The changes, however, aren’t much

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

March 30, 2018 Anthony Media Missives

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