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
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RIAA: Recorded music revenue grew 5.6% in first half of 2020; vinyl 62% of all physical media sales
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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YouTube Music gains feature parity with Google Play Music, latter to shut down
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
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Favorite music services and software (2019 edition)
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
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Streaming made up 75% of US music industry revenue in 2018
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 75% of US music industry revenue for the first half of 2018
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
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Google announces YouTube Music changes; Google Play Music to stay (for now)
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
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Streaming made up two-thirds of US music revenue in 2017
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?
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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R&B and hip-hop are now the most popular overall music genres
Early this year, I wrote about how R&B and hip-hop became the most popular genre for streaming music, easily eclipsing rock music. It looks like
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