January 2022

UK music copyright infringement sees slight decline in 2021

11/01/2022

UK music copyright infringement sees a slight decline in 2021 despite a small increase across all content categories according to the Online Copyright Infringement Tracker Survey (11th Wave) conducted by the UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The report is based on a survey of 5000 nationally representative individuals aged 12+ and 50 in-depth interviews of 16+ adults conducted between 21/03/21 and 24/04/21. This was a time when the UK was in lockdown and consumption […]

Ireland sees 17% increase in premium streaming in 2021

11/01/2022

Ireland sees 17% increase in premium streaming in 2021 with the singles sector enjoying 15.5% year on year growth to 81.2 million chart sales across all formats according to IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association) and the Official Charts Company. Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits is officially the biggest single released in Ireland in 2021 with 11 weeks at the top of the Irish Singles Chart, as well as 140,000 combined chart sales and 18.8 million streams. […]

Local music tops the album charts in France

09/01/2022

Local music tops the album charts in France with 18 of 20 the best selling albums of 2021 being sung in French according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums of 2021: 18 of the top 20 albums are French productions 165 French productions are ranked in the 200 best sales in 2021 i.e. 83% compared to 80% in 2020 French productions also feature […]

gaana sees growth in Indian regional music in 2021

09/01/2022

gaana sees growth in Indian regional music in 2021 and an increase of 40% in podcast listening according to its end of year report, gaana India Music Trends 2021. The streamer in in its end of year report claims 180 million users and 99 of its artists streaming over 100 million plays during the year. According to a survey by YouGov gaana is the 3rd most listened to audio streamer in India with YouTube and […]

Premium streaming in Italy grew 42% in 2021

08/01/2022

Premium streaming in Italy grew 42% in 2021 with a total of 53 Bn streams during the year according to FIMI, the Italian music industry association. In 2021, 479 albums from 302 artists had more than 10 million streams representing a significant increase compared to ten years earlier. In 2011, only 134 albums from 105 artists exceeded the equivalent threshold of 10,000 copies sold (physical + download). FIMI said that it was ‘an important signal for […]

Canadian music consumption grew 9.2% in 2021

08/01/2022

Canadian music consumption grew 9.2% in 2021 due to continued growth in audio streaming, a milestone year for vinyl and a changing of the guard for ‘Catalogue vs. Current music’ consumption according to MRC Data. In their Year End Report Canada 2021 they highlight a number of changed behaviours accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall consumption grew 9.2% year-on-year (YOY) in 2021, thanks to a 12.6% increase in on-demand audio streaming. Part of that lift […]

Qobuz Review

08/01/2022

History Qobuz was launched in 2008 and has achieved a series of notable firsts. In 2009 it offered the first CD quality download catalogue and in 2011 the first CD quality streaming service. It was the first online music service to adopt 24bit HiRes in its catalogue and in the summer of 2015, it launched HiRes Streaming with its Qobuz Sublime+ subscription. During the past few years Qobuz has positioned itself as a top end […]