2021 Archives

Spotify has double Apple Music’s subscribers

21/01/2022

Spotify has double Apple Music’s subscribers with a 31% market share compared to Apple Music’s 15%, according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research in their Music market subscriber shares 2021 report. The global base of music subscribers continues to grow strongly with 523.9 million music subscribers at the end of Q2 2021, which was up by 109.5 million (26.4%) from one year earlier. Key findings from the report Spotify has the highest market share […]

Music streaming in Germany up 20% in 2021

12/01/2022

Music streaming in Germany is up 20% in 2021 with 165 Bn streams – almost a fifth more than 2020 (138 Bn), over half more than 2019 (108 Bn) and twice as many as 2018, when 80 Bn hits were reported. These are figures released yesterday by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. Since the start of collecting stream data in 2013, the number of all streaming views now adds up to a total […]

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 […]