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German music sales top €2 Bn in 2022 again for the first time in 20 years according to the BVMI in recently released figures. Turnover was €2.07 Bn in 2022 from sales of CDs, vinyl LPs and downloads as well as revenues from the streaming business. It is for the first time in 20 years that the €2 Bn mark has been surpassed; the last time this was the case was in 2002 (€2.21 Bn). Compared […]
Local music tops the Polish CD charts in 2022 with the top 8 tracks in the Top Ten being locally produced Polish music according to zpav, the Polish Association of Audio Video Producers. sanah – an artist who dominates the Polish music market, placed all four of her albums in the top ten of the OLiS* 2022 (Polish charts) list. In first place was her album Uczta, released in April 2022 with her other releases taking […]
Sector Radio launches a ‘noughties’ channel with both lossless FLAC and lossy streams available. SECTOR 00 (branded ‘Indigo’ on its URLs) joins its siblings Progressive, Space, Classical, 10s, 80s and 90s and is dedicated to music from 2000-2009. For the time being the channel is only available as direct stream links with webplayer links promised ‘soon’. According to their Facebook post (via Google Translate) they ‘have done a lot of work, painstakingly selecting the best […]
Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for third time according to IFPI’s recently published Top 20 Global Recording Artists 2022 chart. This confirms her place as most successful artist in the award’s 10-year history. The Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is calculated according to an artist’s or group’s worldwide performance across digital and physical music formats during the year, from streams to vinyl, and covers their entire body of work. This year […]
Spotify creates an AI DJ using OpenAI technology to deliver a personalised guide that knows you and your music taste so well that it can choose what to play for you. This feature, first rolling out in beta and only available in the US and Canada, will deliver a curated line-up of music alongside commentary around the tracks and artists Spotify thinks you’ll like in a ‘stunningly realistic voice’. DJ will sort through the latest […]
Streaming in Austria up 22.5% in 2022 with a record 14.8 Bn songs streamed with sales reaching €143.8 million according to IFPI Austria. Total sales revenue for the year for all recorded music formats was up 13% on 2021 reaching €215.2. Vinyl sales continued to grow – up 4.3% year on year with a turnover of €10.6 million with CD and downloads continuing to decline with -17% and -18% respectively. Music fans in Austria spent […]
Swiss music market enjoys 7th year of growth with sales of CHF 223.7 million in 2022, 4% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. The growth engine remains the streaming segment, which now accounts for 85% of the total market, while sales from downloads and physical media continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl, which has been ongoing since 2010, also paused in 2022 and turned slightly into the red. On […]
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