873B STREAMS AND
OTHER 2020 STATS
Total recorded-music activity for 2020 was up 11.6% over 2019, owing largely to a 17% spike in streams. Total streams were 873 billion; total album equivalents hit 757m.
Vinyl album sales were up a whopping 46.2%. In fact, proceeds generated by vinyl beat those generated by CDs for the first time since the Berlin Wall came down (1989, for those of you who are not history buffs). Vinyl sales—28m units—represented 41% of all physical albums sold. CDs dipped 26% to 40m.
The downside was where you'd expect it: in the downloads. Digital album sales were off 12.5% at 34m, and the 234m digital track sales represented a 22.3% drop.
Moreover, total album sales in all formats were down 9.2% to 102m.
Could 2021 be the year we see a trillion tracks streamed?
U.K. MUSIC CONSUMPTION UP 8.2% IN 2020
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
