http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/other...05173082.story
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Overall, the top 20 U.S. music sellers accounted for 87.62% of the industry's $6.9 billion in revenue last year
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For the second straight year, every mobile account lost market share, most likely attributable to the declines in ringtone downloads and pricing, as well as the ability for users to access music services outside of those offered by the carrier.
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Rank, Account, Market Share
1. iTunes 32.98%
($2.26 billion)
2. Anderson/Walmart 10.66%
($736 mil)
3. Best Buy 8.68%
($599 mil)
4. Target 7.79%
($538 mil)
5. Amazon 6.88%
($475 mil)-----------selling MP3 at $0.69 will help boost market share but not profit
6. Alliance Entertainment 5.66%
7. Trans World 3.47%
8. Verizon 1.78%
9. Rhapsody 1.61%
($111 million)
10. Super D 1.57%
11. Hastings Entertainment 1.05%
12. Borders 0.88%
13. The Edge 0.73%
14. Baker & Taylor 0.68%
15. Sprint Nextel 0.67%
16. Hot Topic 0.57%
17. Microsoft (Zune+Xbox+MSN) 0.55%
18. T-Moble 0.53%
19. eMusic 0.46%
20. AT&T 0.42%
Youtube: 0.40%
VEVO: 0.40%
Two notable near misses: YouTube and Vevo. Though similar in size-each controls an estimated 0.40% market share-the two websites just missed cracking the top 20 by a few hundredths of a percentage point.
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Of that, brick-and-mortar establishments accounted for 45.26% of the business, a decline of just four percentage points from 2009, but a sharp drop from the 57.5% share they enjoyed in 2008.
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Physical
2008: 57.5%
2009: 49.26%
2010: 45.26%
