"Downloading music" is declining more than CDs and records now

bybruce mars

Streaming services are gaining momentum in the music industry, Apple also subscribedMake full streaming serviceIt is reported that it is a plan.American Record Association(RIAA)The newly announced report shows how digital downloads of music are declining.

RIAA-Year-End-2017-News-and-Notes.pdf
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CDs and vinyl are more popular than digital downloads once again - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17152120/digital-downloads-cd-vinyl-riaa-2017-report

According to the end-of-year report released by the RIAA in 2017, physical media revenues such as CDs and records declined by 1.5 billion dollars (about 160 billion yen) compared to the previous year, while digital download revenues also increased from the previous year It was 1.3 billion dollars (about 140 billion yen) less.

This is a graph showing the revenue ratio of the music industry as a whole. Streaming is 65%, physical media is 17%, digital download is only 15% below it.


For the first time in 2016, half of the revenue from the music industry was due to streaming, but this trend continued in 2017, and the $ 57 billion (about 600 billion yen), which is two thirds of the total, was income from streaming .


A graph showing the change in income of digital music is. While streaming gains momentum, you can see that the income of digital downloads is decreasing.


Spotify and Apple Music subscriptions are of course popular in the streaming industry, but new category streaming services are also appearing on the other hand. As Amazon offers "Amazon Music Unlimited" offers a plan that can play music with Echo terminal only, 380 yen including tax, cheap services restricted in part are increasing. The subscription service with partial restriction accounts for 14% of the streaming market in 2017, which is 125% compared with 2016, and it is $ 592 million (about 62 billion yen) in terms of the record, and records We have already exceeded our income.

byMasaki Tokutomi

Steve Boom, Vice President of Amazon Music, in 2017, the time to stream music with a device with Alexa has doubled, and more than half of those listening to Amazon Music now have "voice" We are using it.