What is the reason why sales of CD albums and download sales are falling?


ByFabrizio Lonzini

From the era when records / tapes were mainstream, the format to sell music has changed to CD and download sales. In 2014, sales of such a mainstream format CD and download sales are steepening despite the fact that sales are declining, why sales are declining, and comparison of sales sales with 2013VarietyIt is summarized.

Music Sales Continue to Plummet for Albums and Digital Downloads | Variety
http://variety.com/2014/music/news/music-sales-fall-albums-digital-downloads-losses-1201257795/


A research company on June 29, 2014Nielsen SoundScanPublished comprehensive sales data of all formats of music albums released in all formats, compared to January - June of 2013 which sold 142 million albums, it is 121 million pieces in 2014, about 15% It is said that it is plummeting.

Won the Grammy Award 18 months ago and became a best seller in 2011 and 2012AdeleThe album 'twenty one"Sold over 10 million copies on its own. It is thought that such a phenomenal hit will not happen in future music industry.


Digital track sales are 583.2 million songs, down by 13% compared with 6 months downloaded in 2013, 590.6 million songs. Meanwhile, the music streaming service is producing a trend, which is a sharp rise of 42% in 2014 to 70.3 million songs, compared to the streaming purchase of 49.5 million songs in 2013. However, compared to revenue per CD album and digital album, the revenue from streaming is negligible.

In such a flow, the old format called "record board" is re-drawing attention. Although it is a small number in the whole, records sold for 2.9 million copies from January to June in 2013 increased by 40% over the same period in 2014 and 4 million copies already sold. this isThe White StripesJack White's solo album "Lazaretto"Was released on the record board and becoming the best seller of 49,000 sheets is also one factor.

ByEhpien

The milion hit album as of July 2014 is Disney's soundtrack album that sold 2.7 million copiesFrozen"only. In terms of cumulative total since 2013, we have reached 3 million (3 million pieces).

The hit following "Anna and the Snow Queen" is the Beyonce's title titled "BeyonceIt sells 702 thousand copies in 2014. nextEric Churchof"The Outsiders"Is 640,000 copies,Lordeof"Pure Heroine"Is 641 thousand sheets, followed byColdplayof"Ghost StoriesThere are 589,000 copies, none of which has momentum compared to 2013.

In the digital song category of 2013, it became a topic all over the worldFarrell Williamsof"Happy"When"Kaitou Glue's Minion Crisis One Shot (Soundtrack)"Is the top sales, together we are selling 5.6 million songs a year.

Music streaming services such as "Beats Music" and "Spotify" that got a topic by being bought by Apple are popular all over the world because of the ease with which you can listen to your favorite music anywhere , As the streaming industry develops, sales of CDs and download sales tend to decline. Because there is little profit for artists to use streaming service, if there are artists who want to support, it may be better to buy CDs or MP3 songs. In addition, in the case of Japan, Suga Shikao has tweeted as follows and will be helpful.


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