Music Industry Analysis
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July 5, 2017 – Nielsen U.S. Music Mid-Year Report 2017
It’s been an action-packed start to the year, with records broken, chart history made and several categories growing quickly. Lady Gaga headlined the Super Bowl and saw a spike in sales, Drake shattered streaming records, and Future hit number one with two different albums in successive weeks. A significant streaming milestone was also reached in March, when weekly on-demand audio streaming surpassed seven billion. For the first six months of the year, there have been 184.3 billion on-demand audio streams –... Read More
July 5, 2017 – BuzzAngle Music 2017 Mid-Year U.S. Report
The first half of 2017 saw a continued increase in total consumption, growing 9.9% over 2016 YTD (293.0 million project units in 2017 YTD vs. 266.6 million album project units in 2016 YTD). Song Consumption for 2017 YTD was up 29.5% over 2016 YTD (1.5 billion song project units in 2017 YTD vs. 1.2 billion song project units in 2016 YTD). Click here to access the full report.... Read More
July 5, 2017 – Gen Z: Meet the Young Millennials [REPORT]
Millennials have been around so long now that they are no longer a single generation but in fact 2 separate ones. The new younger Millennials, Gen Z, are those aged up to 19. They have dramatically different behaviors, expectations and attitudes compared to their older Millennial peers. Their use of technology, social media and content consumption are all rewriting the rule books and will catalyse some of the biggest changes in audience behavior and listening that the music industry has yet seen.... Read More
June 30, 2017 – 70% of Smart-Speaker Owners Listen to More Audio at Home
Research firm Edison Research has published its latest investigation into the habits of smart-speaker owners – which now include 7% of Americans according to its surveys. “70% of smart speaker owners say they are listening to more audio at home since acquiring their device,” claimed Edison, while noting that the family-friendly nature of devices like Amazon’s Echo may have been underestimated. Click here for more.... Read More
June 28, 2017 – Teens Develop Taste for Spotify After YouTube, Report Finds
Teens value video platforms such as YouTube for music discovery but are turning to streaming services as they develop as music consumers, a new study finds. Research unveiled at the latest Insight Sessions event by BPI and ERA earlier this week has charted the new music consumption habits and social media behaviour of young millennials. The Gen Z: Meet the Young Millennials report, compiled by Mark Mulligan of MiDia Research, found that for today’s tweens and teenagers,... Read More
June 26, 2017 – [WEEKLY SALES] Ladies Continue to Lead Charts with Lorde’s ‘Melodrama’
James Donio, President of the Music Business Association (Music Biz), commented on this week’s sales numbers issued by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music (published in HITS Daily Double): “Ladies continue to lead the charts this week as Lorde’s sophomore release, Melodrama, earned more than 109,000 units awarding the singer/songwriter her first #1 album. Following recent top-charting releases from Halsey and Katy Perry, Lorde completes the consecutive #1 “triple axel”... Read More
June 26, 2017 – State of the Media — Audio Today 2017
When Nielsen entered the audio measurement space, for the first time radio was stacked up against the competition — and the results surprised a few people. Despite the countless media and entertainment options available today, AM/FM radio continues to be the top weekly reach medium. Click here for Nielsen’s State of the Media — Audio Today 2017 report.... Read More
June 21, 2017 – How Musicians Can Take Advantage of Key Digital Trends Towards 2020
It is probably no surprise that businesses are being transformed by digital platforms such as Facebook. The platform has recently released a report that looks at the different ways in which businesses are being reshaped. Out of the many insights from the report, there are three findings that can be of great use, especially if you are an independent musician. Click here to read more.... Read More
June 21, 2017 – Reading the Tea Leaves of Summer Radio Listening
Each year during the summer, radio habits change and certain formats see a seasonal increase in audience that’s unique to the warm weather months. And each year, Nielsen tracks these developments by naming the format that grows its audience the most the format of the summer. Here are the winners from the past five years by percent of increase in overall audience share (persons 6+). Check it out here.... Read More
June 19, 2017 – Music Biz 2012 Artist of the Year Katy Perry Debuts at #1 with ‘Witness’
James Donio, President of the Music Business Association (Music Biz), commented on this week’s sales numbers issued by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music (published in HITS Daily Double): “We witnessed her star-power early on and presented her with our 2012 Artist of the Year Award. Since then Katy Perry has continued to roar with an appearance at the Super Bowl and now another chart topper this week with her third album “Witness.” The album tops both the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts,... Read More
