Music Industry Analysis
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August 22, 2018 – Smartphone Users Put Their Most Essential Apps on Home Screen, Not Necessarily Their Highest Usage Apps
From our survey, we know that 80% of smartphone users move apps to their home screen, and 61% of these home screen curators list how often they use the app as the top factor influencing their decision to do so. “How often,” or frequency of usage, is an important distinction from “most used,” or highest engagement. Click here to read more.... Read More
August 13, 2018 – Travis Scott’s ‘Astroworld’ Scores Year’s Second-Highest Debut: Comment from Music Biz President James Donio
James Donio, President of the Music Business Association (Music Biz), commented on this week’s sales numbers issued by Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music: “This week’s Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts are all about Rapper Travis Scott, who soared to the top of the charts with his new album Astroworld. The record moved over 537,000 album equivalent units to lock up the year’s second-highest-selling debut frame, behind only Drake’s Scorpion. Other Top 10 debuts came from fellow Rappers Mac Miller,... Read More
August 10, 2018 – Smart Speaker Sales, Forecasts and Market Share: Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple HomePod and More
Canalys predicts that 56.3m smart speakers will ship globally in 2018, with the US accounting for 38.4m of them – that’s around 68%. It sees China as the second-biggest market with 4.4m shipments – a 7.8% share of the global total. Music is one of the main things people are using their smart speakers for. NPR and Edison Research reported in July that 90% of first adopters and 89% of early mainstream users have asked their speaker to play music in the last week,... Read More
August 8, 2018 – Music Scores A Gold Record on The Social Media Charts
9 out of 10 regular social media users partake in some music- or artist-related activity on the most popular social applications…Of all the types of celebrities artists are #1 when it comes to pull. We are twice as likely to be following bands as politicians, or Kendall and Kourtney. Click here to read more.... Read More
August 6, 2018 – Time Flies: U.S. Adults Now Spend Nearly Half A Day Interacting With Media
According to the first-quarter 2018 Nielsen Total Audience Report, nearly half an adults’ day is dedicated to consuming this content. In fact, American adults spend over 11 hours per day listening to, watching, reading or generally interacting with media. Behind this surge are the growing use of new platforms, as well as the younger, multicultural generations who leverage them. Click here to read more.... Read More
August 2, 2018 – Now 18% of Americans Own a Smart Speaker
According to the most recent installment of a recurring study conducted by NPR and Edison, roughly 43 million Americans above the age of 18 — or 18 percent of the population — now own smart speakers. This is a 2 percent increase from the previous study in which only about 39 million Americans above the age of 18 were estimated to own the device.. Click here to read more.... Read More
August 1, 2018 – The Nielsen Total Audience Report: Q1 2018
In this re-imagined Nielsen Total Audience Report, we’re focused on telling the story of what’s currently happening across the media landscape for the U.S. consumer. The report examines overall media usage across linear (television and radio) and digital platforms, reviews consumer access to devices and services, digs deeper into TV-connected device use, explores usage differences across various ages and race/ethnicities, and provides insights into households not considered television homes. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 30, 2018 – 2018 Mid-Year Special Features; Top Tours, Tickets Sales, Business Analysis
There is perhaps no better indicator of a robust 2018 live market than Pollstar’s Mid-Year Top 50 Worldwide Tours chart. This year’s survey saw a 12% jump in total gross from last year’s $1.97 billion to a record-setting $2.21 billion – a $240 million increase. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 27, 2018 – Stats: One Third of Millennials Use Music to Choose Destination
According to the report, a third of U.S. Millennials say music is the main factor when choosing a destination, which is higher than the global average. Forty percent want to attend music festivals abroad, and one in four Americans would travel to a different country to watch their favorite artist perform. Click here to continue.... Read More
July 26, 2018 – You Can’t Unhear This: Audio Can Supercharge TV Campaigns
According to Nielsen data, radio usage is higher than TV usage between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., and television viewing peaks between 5 p.m. and 12 a.m. So when you look at radio and TV combined, a campaign has a much greater likelihood of reaching a wider audience. Click here to read more.... Read More
