Right now in the USA, on average 27 million singles downloads are sold each week.
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/lana...06124352.story
Quote:
Digital track sales this past week totaled 26.39 million downloads, up 2% compared to last week (25.98 million) and up 7% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (24.61 million). Year to date track sales are at 141.58 million, up 6% compared to the same total at this point last year (132.94 million).
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27 mil x 52 weeks = 1.4 billion singles downloads each year (assume on average it's $1,
then $1.4 billion USD)
Subscription music is at around 3 million paid subscribers in the USA between Rhapsody, Spotify, Muve Music, Zune Pass, Rdio and Mog.
3 million paying subscribers at $110 a year =
$330 million USD.
Conclusion,
singles download: $1.4 billion a year (
growing slowly) ----------------------------80% of the market
subscription (2011): $330 million a year (but this segment is
GROWING VERY fast)------------------------20% of the market
At the end of 2012, it might 70% vs. 30%. Subscription is gaining on Legal Downloads everyday.