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Music And Audio
Explore verified music and audio statistics and market research reports with sourced data and trend analysis.
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Sophie Moreland
Record Industry Statistics
Vinyl is still pulling weight as global sales hit 120 million units in 2023 and streaming revenues climbed to $19.3 billion worldwide, yet US CD shipments slid 17% to 13.8 million and US single downloads fell to 200 million. Track how megafan favorites drive the charts and money, from Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (TV) topping US album sales with 646k units to $1.4 billion in US vinyl revenue and Spotify’s 602 million monthly active users in Q4 2023.
Music Industry Statistics
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour revenue of $1.1 billion alongside SoundExchange’s $0.013 per stream and a Top 1% share of 77% of streaming royalties makes the pay gap feel personal, not theoretical. You also get hard figures on where the money and audiences actually went in 2023, from $30 billion in global live ticket sales to streaming dominating 67% of recorded music revenues.