http://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...2016-half-year
First half of 2016 US market:
Streaming revenue (first 6 months):
$1.61 billion
Download (first 6 months):
$1.012 billion
It was 1.6 times bigger back on June 30, probably TWICE as big by the end of the year.
Breaking down streaming ( paid streaming vs free streaming vs internet radio streaming)
Paid Subscription streaming (first 6 months): $1.013 billion
Ad subscription streaming - (first 6 months): $195 million -----so free streaming from Spotify does generate a lot of money
Internet Radio streaming (first 6 months): $403 million
http://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...2016-half-year
Quote:
Streaming revenue has exploded, growing 57.4 percent overall to total $1.61 billion, up from $1.02 billion in the first half of 2015.
Ad-supported streaming revenue also saw a sharp increase, rising 23.6 percent to $195.4 million. SoundExchange distributions for performance royalties from digital radio broadcasters -- paid to labels and artists for master recording plays -- grew slightly, by 4.2 percent, to $403.4 million.
Within digital download sales, album and single sales both fell with digital album downloads totaling $500.1 million from 48.2 million albums, while track sales totaled $519.5 million from 432 million track downloads. That totals $1.012 billion
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Poor Obsessive Streaming Haters!
