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

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.

With the sale of Bandcamp to Epic Games, I look at whether co-ops or nonprofits could be business models for tech/media companies.

A look at alternatives to Spotify for those that want to switch music streaming services, or even go back to buying MP3s.

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

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

Two years ago, I wrote about Google’s plan to launch YouTube Music, a replacement for Google Play Music. At the time, it […]

A year ago, I wrote a post about what music streaming services and software I use. As a few things have changed […]

Streaming services have become firmly cemented as the main source of revenue for the US music industry. The RIAA reports that 2018 […]

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

On Thursday, Google announced some changes to its music services. Currently, Google’s music services are a bit confusing to explain. The changes, […]