Now, according to Kantar Worldpanel, the value of an average album sale in the UK market in 2014 was £7.84 ($11.50).
The US is a little trickier, but according to MBW analysis of RIAA data for mid-2015, an average digital album cost $9.94, while the average CD album cost $12.87.
A bit of simple maths:
In the UK, 25 sold 2.6m X £7.84 ($11.50) = £20.4m ($29.9m)
In the US, it sold 7.44m X $11.41 = $84.89m
That comes out at a total six-week transatlantic retail revenue haul for 25 of…
$114.79 MILLION
Remember, that doesn’t include any broadcast / sync or other licensing income – or the lucrative world of live/merch etc.
