Browsing all posts in digital music sales.
EMI Digital Store
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the record label EMI launching a digital store in Australia. It seemed like that was a test at some level to see if the concept would work in other markets. Well, EMI has just announced plans for a worldwide launch by the end of this year. They are [...]
Music Industry Sales
Below are some sales numbers for the music industry for the 3rd Quarter. I like to highlight these to notice trends: Album sales – 298 Million Units (’08) vs. 337.3 Million (’07) – down 11.7% Individual Tracks – 795.8 Million Units (first 9 months ’08) vs 612.2 (1st 9 months ’07) – up 20% CD [...]
Digital Sales
Quick blog here to relay some recent comments by Warner’s Chief, Edgar Bronfman Jr. When describing the physical to digital music switch, he said that digital sales are now up to 32% of their US recorded music revenue. Earlier this year, the eMarketer group predicted digital sales would be 40% of the physical/digital divide by [...]
iPhone Album Covers
In the past, I have blogged about the lack of good options for obtaining album art, lyrics, and song information in the digital download age. It is spotty on iTunes and you run the risk of using unauthorized content on the internet, such as incorrect lyrics. And the lyrics might be in one spot, the [...]
Rawrip Startup
Another day, another music website start-up. This one, called Rawrip, allows independent artists the ability to take home 100% of their download royalties. Artists can create widgets to post on Facebook and Myspace to sell their songs. On Rawrip’s side of things, they foster music discovery. Upon entering the Rawrip website, you are given the [...]
Digital Music Sales Predictions for 2012
eMarketer, a research group, has released more predictions for digital music sales for 2012. Last year, digital music sales revenues were $2.4 billion which translates to roughly 15% of total music sales (physical albums & digital). eMarketer predicts this number to skyrocket to $13 billion by 2012. What is really astonishing is that eMarketer predicts [...]
Digital Music Sales
The digital media research firm, eMarketer, just released sales projections for digital music sales. They predict that by 2009, digital sales will encompass 40% of total music sales. This report differs from an earlier report by IFPI that predicted digital to be at 40% of sales, but by the year 2012. So either someone is [...]
Mid-Year Music Sales
Here is the good, bad, & ugly of the music industry sales numbers. Follow the money. We can learn a lot about the industry based upon these numbers from Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2008. All percentage increased/decreases are in comparison of same period 2007: Album Sales – 11% decline (from 06 to 07, a [...]
Japanese 1Q Music Sales
I am interested in following mobile & pc-based digital music sales in Japan. The market is so extraordinary in that mobile sales make up a larger % of sales than digital sales. Here are some other interesting facts from the first quarter of this year: – an over rise of 6% in digital sales to [...]
iPod to Computer?
Here is an interesting shift in the use of digital music players. In a strategic partnership between EMI & UK-based MediAnywhere, music kiosks are placed in locations such as airports, train stations, and bus stations. These kiosks offer over 25,000 DRM-free downloads. DRM means Digital Rights Management and it is what keeps you from being [...]
