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Nielsen Mid-Year Reports by Genre
Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Drake, Beyonce & Rihanna Rule R&B/Hip-Hop
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Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus TEA and SEA), totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016 (up 9 percent compared to the 257 million of the first half of 2015). R&B/hip-hop albums represented 22.6 percent of the 2016 figure.
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Drake, Views (2,609,000 units)
2. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,687,000 units)
3. Rihanna, Anti (1,272,000 units)
4. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (905,000 units)
5. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness (708,000 units)
6. Kevin Gates, Islah (690,000 units)
7. Bryson Tiller, Trapsoul (656,000 units)
8. G-Eazy, When It’s Dark Out (605,000 units)
9. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (595,000 units)
10. Future, Evol (487,000 units)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
1. Drake, Views (1,313,000)
2. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,202,000)
3. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (575,000)
4. Rihanna, Anti (480,000)
5. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (413,000)
6. Kevin Gates, Islah (307,000)
7. Kendrick Lamar, Untitled Unmastered (245,000)
8. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness (240,000)
9. Bryson Tiller, Trapsoul (186,000)
10. Future, Evol (163,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
1. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (1,610,000)
2. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (1,442,000)
3. Desiigner, “Panda” (1,211,000)
4. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “My, Myself & I” (1,085,000)
5. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (589,000)
6. Beyonce, “Sorry” (577,000)
7. Beyonce, “Formation” (566,000)
8. Prince and the Revolution, “Purple Rain” (563,000)
9. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (550,000)
10. Drake & Future, “Jumpman” (516,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (511,454,000)
2. Desiigner, “Panda” (467,379,000)
3. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (308,826,000)
4. G-Eazy x BeBe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (287,242,000)
5. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (240,847,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (240,801,000)
7. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (222,027,000)
8. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (221,754,000)
9. Bryson Tiller, “Exchange” (207,638,000)
10. Jeremih, “Oui” (195,318,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Audio Streams
1. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (286,396,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (249,625,000)
3. Desiigner, “Panda” (197,997,000)
4. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (180,962,000)
5. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (146,364,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (136,617,000)
7. Drake & Future, “Jumpman” (136,347,000)
8. Drake featuring The Throne, “Pop Style” (130,231,000)
9. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (125,543,000)
10. Bryson Tiller, “Exchange” (117,665,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Video Streams
1. Desiigner, “Panda” (269,382,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (261,829,000)
3. Silento, “Watch Me” (152,687,000)
4. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (115,024,000)
5. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (106,281,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (104,184,000)
7. Yo Gotti, “Down In the DM” (99,330,000)
8. Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” (99,262,000)
9. Jeremih, “Oui” (96,298,000)
10. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (96,211,000)
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Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett & Sam Hunt Dominate Country
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Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus TEA and SEA) totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016 (up 9 percent compared to the 257 million of the first half of 2015). Country albums represented 8.4 percent of the 2016 figure.
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Country Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (931,000 units)
2. Sam Hunt, Montevallo (444,000 units)
3. Joey+Rory, Hymns (422,000 units)
4. Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up (408,000 units)
5. Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest (389,000 units)
6. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights (312,000 units)
7. Keith Urban, Ripcord (300,000 units)
8. Carrie Underwood, Storyteller (264,000 units)
9. Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (255,000 units)
10. Dierks Bentley, Black (250,000 units)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Country Albums
1. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (746,000)
2. Joey+Rory, Hymns (414,000)
3. Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest (283,000)
4. Sam Hunt, Montevallo (199,000)
5. Keith Urban, Ripcord (197,000)
6. Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up (164,000)
7. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights (149,000)
8. Carrie Underwood, Storyteller (147,000)
9. Cole Swindell, You Should Be Here (138,000)
10. Dierks Bentley, Black (137,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Country Songs
1. Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” (747,000)
2. Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” (730,000)
3. Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man” (711,000)
4. Maren Morris, “My Church” (634,000)
5. Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On a Beach” (589,000)
6. Cole Swindell, “You Should Be Here” (569,000)
7. Blake Shelton, “Came Here To Forget” (459,000)
8. Thomas Rhett, “T-Shirt” (431,000)
9. Chris Young featuring Cassadee Pope, “Think Of You” (421,000)
10. Brett Eldredge, “Drunk On Your Love” (409,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Country Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man” (87,737,000)
2. Sam Hunt, “Break Up In a Small Town” (76,599,000)
3. Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” (54,608,000)
4. Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” (51,293,000)
5. Chris Stapleton, “Tennessee Whiskey” (43,756,000)
6. Cole Swindell, “You Should Be Here” (43,556,000)
7. Sam Hunt, “House Party” (43,458,000)
8. Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On a Beach” (43,377,000)
9. Old Dominion, “Snapback” (42,222,000)
10. Florida Georgia Line, “Confession” (41,149,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Country Audio Streams
1. Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man” (55,465,000)
2. Sam Hunt, “Break Up In a Small Town” (44,292,000)
3. Old Dominion, “Snapback” (33,342,000)
4. Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” (32,903,000)
5. Brett Eldredge, “Drunk On Your Love” (31,389,000)
6. Sam Hunt, “House Party” (31,384,000)
7. Thomas Rhett, “T-Shirt” (30,425,000)
8. Florida Georgia Line, “Confession” (30,037,000)
9. Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On a Beach” (29,983,000)
10. Chris Stapleton, “Tennessee Whiskey” (29,820,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Country Video Streams
1. Sam Hunt, “Break Up In a Small Town” (32,307,000)
2. Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man” (32,272,000)
3. Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” (25,417,000)
4. Cole Swindell, “You Should Be Here” (20,658,000)
5. Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me” (19,702,000)
6. Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” (18,390,000)
7. Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” (16,117,000)
8. Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan, “This Is How We Roll” (15,673,000)
9. Brantley Gilbert, “Bottoms Up” (15,496,000)
10. Chris Young, “I’m Coming Over” (15,181,000)
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Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Twenty One Pilots Dominate Rock With 'Blurryface'
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Overall rock album sales declined 12.5 percent in the first half of 2016, as compared to the first six months of 2015 (38,382,000 versus 43,878,000). Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus TEA and SEA) totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016 (up 9 percent compared to the 257 million of the first half of 2015). Rock albums represented 26.8 percent of the 2016 figure.
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Rock Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (905,000 units)
2. Panic! at the Disco, Death of a Bachelor (577,000 units)
3. David Bowie, Blackstar (447,000 units)
4. Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams (392,000 units)
5. David Bowie, Best of Bowie (347,000 units)
6. The Lumineers, Cleopatra (335,000 units)
7. Disturbed, Immortalized (318,000 units)
8. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool (310,000 units)
9. Twenty One Pilots, Vessel (301,000 units)
10. James Bay, Chaos and the Calm (284,000 units)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Rock Albums
1. David Bowie, Blackstar (428,000)
2. Panic! at the Disco, Death of a Bachelor (397,000)
3. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (371,000)
4. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool (289,000)
5. Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams (236,000)
6. The Lumineers, Cleopatra (229,000)
7. Disturbed, Immortalized (183,000)
8. The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep… (157,000)
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway (131,000)
10. Megadeth, Dystopia (124,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Rock Songs
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (1,586,000)
2. James Bay, “Let It Go” (802,000)
3. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (784,000)
4. Prince and the Revolution, “Purple Rain” (563,000)
5. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (514,000)
6. Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s” (447,000)
7. Coldplay, “Adventure of a Lifetime” (435,000)
8. X Ambassadors, “Unsteady” (421,000)
9. Prince, “When Doves Cry” (397,000)
10. Prince, “Little Red Corvette” (327,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (277,195,000)
2. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (107,984,000)
3. Coldplay, “Adventure of a Lifetime” (77,268,000)
4. James Bay, “Let It Go” (74,466,000)
5. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (69,228,000)
6. Passenger, “Let Her Go” (65,157,000)
7. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (64,693,000)
8. Fall Out Boy, “Centuries” (59,728,000)
9. Twenty One Pilots, “Car Radio” (59,467,000)
10. Walk the Moon, “Shut Up and Dance” (58,537,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Audio Streams
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (141,619,000)
2. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (78,601,000)
3. James Bay, “Let It Go” (66,824,000)
4. Coldplay, “Adventure of a Lifetime” (55,099,000)
5. The Lumineers, “Ophelia” (38,267,000)
6. Hozier, “Take Me To Church” (37,905,000)
7. Walk the Moon, “Shut Up and Dance” (37,409,000)
8. Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s” (37,393,000)
9. Coldplay, “Hymn For the Weekend” (34,463,000)
10. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (33,468,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Video Streams
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (135,576,000)
2. Passenger, “Let Her Go” (38,338,000)
3. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (36,498,000)
4. AWOLNATION, “Sail” (36,222,000)
5. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (35,759,000)
6. Fall Out Boy, “Centuries” (35,746,000)
7. Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (29,653,000)
8. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (29,383,000)
9. Survivor, “Eye of the Tiger” (29,274,000)
10. Panic! at the Disco, “Emperor’s New Clothes” (26,988,000)
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Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Chainsmokers Command Dance/Electronic Music
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Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus TEA and SEA) totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016 (up 9 percent compared to the 257 million of the first half of 2015). Dance/electronic albums represented 3.8 percent of the 2016 figure.
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Dance/Electronic Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (228,000 units)
2. Major Lazer, Peace Is the Mission (185,000 units)
3. Kygo, Cloud Nine (159,000 units)
4. Flume, Skin (141,000 units)
5. David Guetta, Listen (96,000 units)
6. Skrillex & Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U (88,000 units)
7. Lady Gaga, The Fame (83,000 units)
8. Robin Schulz, Sugar (79,000 units)
9. Odesza, In Return (77,000 units)
10. Calvin Harris, Motion (67,000 units)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Dance/Electronic Albums
1. Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call a Workout 2016 (57,000)
2. The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (29,000)
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame (27,000)
4. Flume, Skin (26,000)
5. Kygo, Cloud Nine (25,000)
6. Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me (25,000)
7. Odesza, In Return (22,000)
8. Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling (21,000)
9. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (21,000)
10. Alina Baraz & Galimatias, Urban Flora (EP) (19,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Dance/Electronic Songs
1. The Chainsmokers featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” (1,217,000)
2. The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes, “Roses” (830,000)
3. Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (816,000)
4. Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” (809,000)
5. DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine, “Middle” (516,000)
6. Flume featuring Kai, “Never Be Like You” (389,000)
7. Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates, “Sugar” (265,000)
8. Dawin, “Dessert” (238,000)
9. Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring M0, “Lean On” (190,000)
10. Alan Walker, “Faded” (186,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Dance/Electronic Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. The Chainsmokers featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” (205,025,000)
2. The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes, “Roses” (191,038,000)
3. Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (156,100,000)
4. DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine, “Middle” (143,724,000)
5. Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring M0, “Lean On” (139,103,000)
6. Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (96,442,000)
7. Major Lazer featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG, “Light It Up” (93,926,000)
8. Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” (92,644,000)
9. Flume featuring Kai, “Never Be Like You” (84,068,000)
10. Alan Walker, “Faded” (77,084,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Dance/Electronic Audio Streams
1. The Chainsmokers featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” (143,562,000)
2. The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes, “Roses” (135,612,000)
3. Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (106,029,000)
4. DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine, “Middle” (105,612,000)
5. Major Lazer featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG, “Light It Up” (78,897,000)
6. Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” (75,920,000)
7. Flume featuring Kai, “Never Be Like You” (71,325,000)
8. Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring M0, “Lean On” (69,290,000)
9. Jonas Blue featuring Dakota, “Fast Car” (69,190,000)
10. Kygo featuring Maty Noyes, “Stay” (65,130,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Dance/Electronic Video Streams
1. Gummibar, “I Am a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)” (71,210,000)
2. Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring M0, “Lean On” (69,813,000)
3. The Chainsmokers featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” (61,462,000)
4. The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes, “Roses” (55,426,000)
5. Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (50,070,000)
6. Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (43,419,000)
7. DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down For What” (41,962,000)
8. DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine, “Middle” (38,112,000)
9. Dawin, “Dessert” (27,933,000)
10. Martin Garrix, “Animals” (27,906,000)
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Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Nicky Jam, Enrique Iglesias & Romeo Santos Lead Latin Music
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Total Latin album sales fell by 35 percent in the first half of 2016, as compared to the first six months of 2015 (1,823,000 versus 2,799,000). Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus TEA and SEA) totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016 (up 9 percent compared to the 257 million of the first half of 2015). Latin albums represented 5 percent of the 2016 figure.
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Latin Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Romeo Santos, Formula: Vol. 2 (61,000 units)
2. Los Plebes Del Rancho De Ariel Camacho, Recuerden Mi Estilo (56,000 units)
3. Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho, El Karma (51,000 units)
4. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, Que Bendicion (49,000 units)
5. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, En Vivo: Guadalajara - Monterrey (46,000 units)
6. Selena, Le Mejor De… (42,000 units)
7. Pitbull, Dale (40,000 units)
8. Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love (39,000 units)
9. J Balvin, Energia (36,000 units)
10. J Balvin, La Familia (36,000 units)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Latin Albums
1. Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2 (28,000)
2. Los Plebes Del Rancho De Ariel Camacho, Recuerden Mi Estilo (24,000)
3. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, Que Bendicion (23,000)
4. Juan Gabriel, Los Duo (18,000)
5. Juan Gabriel, Mis Numero 1… 40 Aniversario (16,000)
6. Various Artists, Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2016 (16,000)
7. Selena, Amor Prohibido (11,000)
8. Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda, Mis Idolos, Hoy Mis Amigos!!! (11,000)
9. Selena, Lo Mejor De… (11,000)
10. Selena, Ones (11,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Latin Songs
1. Pitbull featuring Sensato, Lil Jon & Osmani Garcia, “El Taxi” (117,000)
2. Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” (97,000)
3. Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias, “El Perdon” (91,000)
4. Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona, “Bailando” (81,000)
5. J Balvin, “Ginza” (69,000)
6. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, “Hips Don’t Lie” (65,000)
7. Don Omar & Lucenzo, “Danza Kuduro” (63,000)
8. Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin, “Duele El Corazon” (56,000)
9. Gente De Zona featuring Marc Anthony, “La Gozadera” (46,000)
10. Marc Anthony, “Vivir Mi Vida” (43,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Latin Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias, “El Perdon” (51,080,000)
2. Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona, “Bailando” (49,567,000)
3. Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” (48,854,000)
4. J Balvin, “Ginza” (45,057,000)
5. Romeo Santos, “Propuesta Indecente” (39,030,000)
6. Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho, “Te Metiste” (37,765,000)
7. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, “Solo Con Verte” (37,741,000)
8. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, “Hips Don’t Lie” (34,976,000)
9. Nicky Jam, “Travesuras” (34,651,000)
10. Don Omar & Lucenzo, “Danza Kuduro” (34,500,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Latin Audio Streams
1. Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias, “El Perdon” (22,663,000)
2. J Balvin, “Ginza” (21,193,000)
3. Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” (19,140,000)
4. Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona, “Bailando” (18,242,000)
5. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, “Hips Don’t Lie” (15,311,000)
6. Don Omar & Lucenzo, “Danza Kuduro” (13,732,000)
7. Nicky Jam, “Travesuras” (12,487,000)
8. Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho, “Te Metiste” (11,408,000)
9. Yandel, “Encantadora” (11,155,000)
10. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, “Solo Con Verte” (10,827,000)
2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Latin Video Streams
1. Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona, “Bailando” (31,326,000)
2. Romeo Santos, “Propuesta Indecente” (29,727,000)
3. Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer” (29,714,000)
4. Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias, “El Perdon” (28,417,000)
5. Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga, “Solo Con Verte” (26,915,000)
6. Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho, “Te Metiste” (26,357,000)
7. J Balvin, “Ginza” (23,864,000)
8. Romeo Santos, “Eres Mia” (23,197,000)
9. Niky Jam, “Travesuras” (22,164,000)
10. Shakira featuring Freshlyground, “Waka Waka” (21,385,000)
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US Nielsen Mid-Year Report
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U.S. Record Industry Sees Album Sales Sink to Historic Lows (Again) -- But People Are Listening More Than Ever
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It's the worst year (so far) for music sales since the 1991 debut of SoundScan (now Nielsen Music). Album sales, including track-equivalent albums (TEA, whereby 10 track sales equal one album unit) are down 16.9 percent in the first half of this year. But sales figures no longer tell the whole story of the record business.
First, let's bottom-line those disappearing sales. Album units overall fell 13.6 percent, with 100.3 million total sales. The compact disc continued to crumble, losing 11.6 percent and moving 50 million. Digital album sales fell to 43.8 million, from 53.7 million in the first half of last year. Vinyl sales continued to move up and to the right, growing 11.4 percent, to 6.2 million. New album releases have been most affected by the continued contraction, falling 20.2 percent overall, to 44.1 million units. Catalog albums fell "just" 7.7 percent, to 56.2 million.
Track sales fall to 404.3 million units from 531.6 million units. Current track sales are leading the descent; songs released in the last 18 months saw sales fall nearly 40 percent. Catalog, again, saw a much smaller dip, down 6.4 percent to 236.6 million units.
Listeners streamed 208.9 billion songs (which translates to 139.2 million album units) between January and now (July 6), an increase of 58.7 percent. Of that 208.9 billion, 113.6 billion were audio-only, versus 95.3 billion video streams (defined as a music video view on YouTube, Vevo, Tidal and Apple Music -- of which the latter two contribute a very small piece). It's the first time audio has surpassed lower-paying video streams.
What's that all mean?
Billboard estimates total U.S. revenue at $1.98 billion so far this year, versus $1.82 billion last year, an corresponding 8.9 percent increase. However, the rate that Billboard uses to estimate the revenue generated by streaming ($0.0063 per song), which is clearly a central part of the revenue estimate, has been disputed as too high by some indie labels.
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Huh, didn't know there were more physical album sales than digital album sales.
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So basically streaming is ****ing everything. That's real nice.
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So streaming is actually helping the industry grow?
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Track sales down from 530m to 400m omfg
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Member Since: 5/27/2010
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Originally posted by Colton Haynes
So basically streaming is ****ing everything. That's real nice.
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Billboard estimates total U.S. revenue at $1.98 billion so far this year, versus $1.82 billion last year, an corresponding 8.9 percent increase
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Streaming age is here!
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Member Since: 2/2/2014
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Interesting.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Sales are over? Streaming is the most popular method of music consumption?
Would've never guessed!
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Member Since: 6/29/2002
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Billboard estimates total U.S. revenue at $1.98 billion so far this year, versus $1.82 billion last year, an corresponding 8.9 percent increase.
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Awesome. Streaming is saving the industry
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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so everyone is listening though streaming
was ATRL wrong?
how could this happen
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
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Listeners streamed 208.9 billion songs (which translates to 139.2 million album units) between January and now (July 6), an increase of 58.7 percent.
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If it wasn't for streaming, those 139.2 million album units would actually be album units, and could've possibly been more.
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Member Since: 9/9/2012
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Originally posted by Diarrhoea
So streaming is actually helping the industry grow?
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Yes, the same thing happened last year too. Sales fell hard, but due to streaming the industry increased.
Also global music revenues in 2015 increased for the first time since 1999 due to streaming growth.
But streaming is killing the industry according to ATRL and pays nothing.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Well seems like streaming is not the future anymore, streaming is NOW taking over the whole industry, and it's helping it grow more than anything.
I think we should start focusing in tracks getting billions of plays in Spotify and Vevo than 1 album every 4 years getting into diamond status.
Sales are a dated format, let's move on.
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Member Since: 2/7/2014
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Yeah, I've been reading about this and experts think that streaming is going to help the industry boom bigger than ever. One statistic I found interesting is this (I'll quote from the book)
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Originally posted by Donald S. Passman
In the heyday of the music biz, the average consumer spent $40 per year on CDs. If subscribers pay $10 a month, that's $120 per year - three times what people spent on CDs.
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The industry is definitely down right now but I can see it bouncing back, though maybe not to the $13 billion it used to produce.
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Member Since: 9/9/2012
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Originally posted by Colton Haynes
If it wasn't for streaming, those 139.2 million album units would actually be album units, and could've possibly been more.
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Lol, album sales have been falling every year since 2001. Even if streaming never happened sales would still be going down, as they have been for 15 years before the thought of Spotify or Apple Music was even birthed.
Streaming is actually reviving the industry and y'all should focus more on crediting it and realizing it's the only thing left that can revive the industry instead of ranting about how it's too prevalent in the charts and shouldn't be used to measure success.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Colton Haynes
If it wasn't for streaming, those 139.2 million album units would actually be album units, and could've possibly been more.
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and? so? sounds like you're already trying to backtrack after you got clocked with facts. just because there weren't 139.2 million pure album sales this year doesn't mean that streaming is "****ing everything". streaming is doing the opposite, clearly
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The average streaming consumer is not paying $120 per year though. Most seem to be paying $0.00.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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