In the last decade, how music is delivered to us and how we listen to it has changed dramatically. Now the ways in which we access music seems limitless. We can attend a concert, turn on the radio in our car, listen to it via satellite or streaming services, buy a digital copy of our favorite songs or albums, listen to it online and more. In our latest STAT PACK, we share a wealth of data to show you the state of the music industry in the U.S. today.
For example, in 2012, only 20 million people around the world subscribed to an online music service. In 2021, that number grew to 523 million. For the same period, in 2012, streaming revenue in the U.S. totaled $1.4 billion. By 2021, that figure had grown to $12.4 billion. Can you guess which songs were the top digital songs for 2021 (hint: four are from the same musical group) or who the top-selling artists are? We’ve got that too! Review the latest music industry stats in the PowerPoint below or download them for later reading and referral.
Table of Contents – Music Industry in the U.S.
Global market overview
- Global revenue of the recorded music industry 1999-2021
- Global digital music revenue 2004-2021
- Digital Market Outlook: digital music revenue in selected countries 2021
- Digital Music revenue in the World 2017-2026, by segment
- Number of paying online music service subscribers worldwide 2010-2021
U.S. market overview
- Music industry revenue in the U.S. 2009-2021
- U.S. music industry – revenue distribution 2017-2021, by source
- Music album shipments in the U.S. 2017-2021, by type
- Physical album shipments in the U.S. 1999-2021
- Retail value of music shipments in the U.S. 1999-2021
- Music streaming revenue in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Change in music sales in the U.S. 2009-2021
Digital music sales
- Digital Market Outlook: digital music revenue in the U.S. 2017-2025, by format
- Digital music revenue in the U.S. 2008-2021, by type
- Digital music track sales in the U.S. 2008-2021
- Digital album sales in the U.S. 2008-2021
- Mobile music revenue in the U.S. 2005-2021
- Number of digital music album downloads in the United States 2004-2021
- Top-selling digital songs in the U.S. 2021
- Top-selling digital music albums in the U.S. 2021
Music streaming
- Digital Market Outlook: users of digital music in the U.S. 2017-2025, by format
- Music streaming revenue share in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Paid streaming music subscribers in the U.S. 2014-2021
- U.S. on-demand music streams volume 2013-2021
Concert business
- The most successful music tours in North America in 2021
- Most successful music tours in North America 2021, based on ticket sales
- Live Nation Entertainment’s concert revenue from 2008 to 2021
- Number of events promoted by Live Nation from 2008 to 2021
Record companies
- Market share of the largest music publishers worldwide from 2007 to 2020
- U.S. music publishers – revenue 2005-2020
- U.S. music publishers – annual expenses 2007-2020
- Universal Music Group’s revenue 2004-2021
- Universal Music Group: music publishing revenue 2007-2021
- Revenue of the Warner Music Group 2004-2021
- Warner Music Group: music publishing revenue 2004-2021
- Annual revenue of Sony Corporation’s music segment 2008-2022
- Sony Corporation: music revenue source 2019-2022
Consumption
- Music consumption in the U.S. in 2021, by genre & format
- Streamed music consumption in the U.S. 2021, by genre
- Popular online music brands in the U.S. 2022
- Audio sources in cars in the U.S. 2018-2022
