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Please scroll down to read the Spanish language version of this report below. / Por favor, desplácese hacia abajo para leer nuestra traducción en Español. Revenues for Latin music in the U.S. grew 37% to $407 million in the first half of 2021 (1H 2021), continuing their recovery. Latin…
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Please scroll down to read the Spanish language version of this report below. / Por favor, desplácese hacia abajo para leer nuestra traducción en Española. Latin music revenues in the U.S. continued to grow for a fifth consecutive year in 2020. Despite the Covid-19 challenges of cancelled live shows and…
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2020 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report | RIAA
2021 | Sales & Revenue
United States recorded music revenues grew 9.2% in 2020 to $12.2 billion at estimated retail value. This is the fifth consecutive year of growth for the industry, as paid subscription services continued to be the primary driver of revenue increases, and reached a record number of subscriptions. Streaming music’s share…
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2020 RIAA Mid-Year Latin Music Revenue Statistics | RIAA
2020 | Sales & Revenue
In the first half of 2020, revenues from Latin music in the U.S. grew 18.6% to $296.1 million at retail value, the fourth consecutive year of double digit percentage growth. Latin music continued to grow its share of overall U.S. music revenues to 5.2%.
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2020 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report | RIAA
2020 | Sales & Revenue
In the first half of 2020, U.S. recorded music revenues grew 5.6% to $5.7 billion at retail value, continuing the positive growth trends of recent years. Streaming music grew to 85% of the market by value, compared with 80% the prior year. At wholesale value, revenues grew 5.1% to…
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2019 RIAA Latin Music Revenue Statistics | RIAA
2020 | Sales & Revenue
The U.S. Latin music business continued to grow at a faster rate than the overall market. In 2019, revenues from Latin music in the U.S. grew 28% to $554 million, compared with 13% for the overall market. Streaming once again was the primary growth…
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RIAA Releases 2019 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report
2020 | Sales & Revenue
Continued strong growth to more than 60 million paid subscriptions drove the U.S. music industry to its fourth consecutive year of double digit growth. Total 2019 revenues of $11.1 billion were up 13% versus $9.8 billion the prior year. Streaming made up nearly 80% of total revenues as the music industry has…
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2019 RIAA Mid-Year Latin Music Revenue Statistics | RIAA
2019 | Consumer Trends
In the first half of 2019, the U.S. Latin music business continued to grow at a double digit pace. Latin music revenues grew 13.5% to $232 million at estimated retail value versus the prior year, building on three consecutive years of growth through the end of 2018. Total…
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2019 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report | RIAA
2019 | Consumer Trends
In the first half of 2019, the U.S. recorded music market continued the overall trends and double digit growth rates of 2018. Revenue increases were driven by the number of paid subscriptions exceeding 60 million for the first time. Total revenues grew 18% to $5.4 billion at retail in the…
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2018 RIAA Latin Music Revenue Statistics | RIAA
2019 | Sales & Revenue
The U.S. Latin music business experienced its second year of double-digit growth in 2018. The Latin market grew 18% in 2018 to $413 million, driven by a nearly 50% growth in revenues from paid subscriptions. As RIAA COO Michele Ballantyne states in this year’s report (below), “Any conversation about the…