Music Industry Statistics from 2011
8% revenue growth to $5.2 billion in 2011
13.5% revenue growth to $241 million in subscription services
76% decrease in record store sales from 2000 – 2010
77.4% more projected drops by 2016
Online music sales surpassed physical music sales for the first time in 2011
71% highest company revenues from digital music in China
500+ legitimate online music services exist in 78 countries
13.4 million global digital music subscribers, 65% increase from 2010
3.6 billion downloads, 17% increase from 2010
31% of album sales volume are digital within the US
27% highest volume sales growth in digital albums is within the UK
28% of internet users worldwide use unauthorized download/streaming services each month
Increase in monthly views from peer-to-peer sites reach over 1 billion
Increase in monthly views from cyberblocker sites reach over 500 million
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