Sales of digital music increased by 65%
According to statistics from the Nielsen SoundScan service , music sales through the Internet grew in 2006 by 65% from the previous year: from 352.7 million to 588.2 million tracks. The tumultuous revolution on the Internet has led to the fact that as much music will soon be sold in digital form as on discs. The Nielsen SoundScan report does not indicate the market volume in dollars, but shows the absolute volume of sales (the number of disks and digital tracks). Here are the numbers for 2006.
Albums (mainly on CD): 588.2 million (-4.2%)
Digital tracks: 581.9 million (+ 65%)
Total: 1.198 billion (+ 19.4%)
The amount is not equal to the components, because in the Nielsen SoundScan report, separate articles take into account the physical media that are sold through the Internet. At the same time, the so-called “digital albums” (their share is small) are taken into account in the column “albums”.
Despite the positive dynamics in the “Total” column (+ 19.4%), in fact, sales of digital music could hardly compensate for the decline in CD sales, as explained by the rainman user. A positive increase was obtained by summing up the number of CDs sold and the digital files downloaded, this seems like a trick.
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In addition to the staggering growth of digital music, another major trend is the decline in CD sales. This tendency is aggravated by the fact that 20% of all sold compacts sold out in the last six weeks of the year, that is, in the Christmas season. CDs are increasingly being bought as a gift, not for themselves.
The most popular musical genres in America are rock, R & B and alternative music. With a significant margin followed by country, rap and metal. Over the past year, all the leaders have significantly lost their positions, especially for rap (-20.7%) and R & B (-18.4%). On the other hand, some poorly popular genres added significantly, while sales of classical music grew by 22.5% at once. The popularity of Latin music and soundtracks has also increased.
Immediately 22 songs last year were able to overcome the milestone of one million copies sold via the Internet. For comparison, in 2006 only two songs managed to do this.
In the digital music market, large media corporations continue to rule the ball. A third of the market belongs to the giant UMG, another quarter to the tandem of Sony and BMG, about 20% belong to WMG, and EMI and small publishers share the remaining 20%.
It is interesting to see which musicians are most popular in digital form, and which on physical media. Apparently, the difference in the age of the audience is reflected here, because more young people buy digital music. For example, the Beatles are in the physical media charts, and Eminem and Pussycat Dolls in the digital charts.
Popular musicians on physical media
1. Rascal Flatts - 4.970.640
2. Johnny Cash - 4.826.320
3. Nickelback - 3.160.025
4. Carrie Underwood - 3.016.123
5. Beatles - 2.812.720
6. Tim McGraw - 2.657.675
7. Andrea Bocelli - 2,524,681
8. Mary J. Blige - 2.485.897
9. Keith Urban - 2.442.577
10. Justin Timberlake - 2.437.763
Popular musicians in digital form
1. Rascal Flatts - 3.792.277
2. Nickelback - 3.715.579
3. Fray - 3.625.140
4. All-American Rejects - 3,362,528
5. Justin Timberlake - 3,290,523
6. Pussycat Dolls - 3.277.709
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 3.254.306
8. Nelly Furtado - 3.052.457
9. Eminem - 2.950.113
10. Sean Paul - 2.764.505
Albums (mainly on CD): 588.2 million (-4.2%)
Digital tracks: 581.9 million (+ 65%)
Total: 1.198 billion (+ 19.4%)
The amount is not equal to the components, because in the Nielsen SoundScan report, separate articles take into account the physical media that are sold through the Internet. At the same time, the so-called “digital albums” (their share is small) are taken into account in the column “albums”.
Despite the positive dynamics in the “Total” column (+ 19.4%), in fact, sales of digital music could hardly compensate for the decline in CD sales, as explained by the rainman user. A positive increase was obtained by summing up the number of CDs sold and the digital files downloaded, this seems like a trick.
')
In addition to the staggering growth of digital music, another major trend is the decline in CD sales. This tendency is aggravated by the fact that 20% of all sold compacts sold out in the last six weeks of the year, that is, in the Christmas season. CDs are increasingly being bought as a gift, not for themselves.
The most popular musical genres in America are rock, R & B and alternative music. With a significant margin followed by country, rap and metal. Over the past year, all the leaders have significantly lost their positions, especially for rap (-20.7%) and R & B (-18.4%). On the other hand, some poorly popular genres added significantly, while sales of classical music grew by 22.5% at once. The popularity of Latin music and soundtracks has also increased.
Immediately 22 songs last year were able to overcome the milestone of one million copies sold via the Internet. For comparison, in 2006 only two songs managed to do this.
In the digital music market, large media corporations continue to rule the ball. A third of the market belongs to the giant UMG, another quarter to the tandem of Sony and BMG, about 20% belong to WMG, and EMI and small publishers share the remaining 20%.
It is interesting to see which musicians are most popular in digital form, and which on physical media. Apparently, the difference in the age of the audience is reflected here, because more young people buy digital music. For example, the Beatles are in the physical media charts, and Eminem and Pussycat Dolls in the digital charts.
Popular musicians on physical media
1. Rascal Flatts - 4.970.640
2. Johnny Cash - 4.826.320
3. Nickelback - 3.160.025
4. Carrie Underwood - 3.016.123
5. Beatles - 2.812.720
6. Tim McGraw - 2.657.675
7. Andrea Bocelli - 2,524,681
8. Mary J. Blige - 2.485.897
9. Keith Urban - 2.442.577
10. Justin Timberlake - 2.437.763
Popular musicians in digital form
1. Rascal Flatts - 3.792.277
2. Nickelback - 3.715.579
3. Fray - 3.625.140
4. All-American Rejects - 3,362,528
5. Justin Timberlake - 3,290,523
6. Pussycat Dolls - 3.277.709
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 3.254.306
8. Nelly Furtado - 3.052.457
9. Eminem - 2.950.113
10. Sean Paul - 2.764.505
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4956/
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