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SOURCE: ARIA - Australian Music Industry figures 2016-2018

Over two thirds of music in Australia is streamed

07/04/2019

Over two thirds of music in Australia is streamed accounting for 70% of recorded music in 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Record Industry Association. In their annual report they report a 12.6% growth in wholesale figures to AUS$526 million driven by a 41.2% growth in streaming during the year. The streaming category includes revenues from subscription services (such as Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play and Spotify) and other non-subscription on-demand streaming services (such as […]

Google Play/YouTube Music planning to add news in Australia

09/03/2019

Google Play/YouTube Music planning to add news in Australia which is likely to affect traditional media players according to a report from Roy Morgan, the Australian market research company. The conclusions from the report suggest that introducing news content into Google Play/YouTube Music streaming music services will present a significant challenge for TV, radio and traditional newspapers. Over 5.4 million Australians now use music streaming services with Spotify the clear industry leader used by nearly […]

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ARIA revamps Australian Charts

02/11/2018

ARIA, the Australian Recorded Industry Association, has revamped the way it compiles the Australian record charts giving greater emphasis to paid subscription stream over free ad-supported streams. These changes will be reflected for the first time in the ARIA Charts for the week ending 27th October 2018. The shift to a multi-level streaming approach to the ARIA Chart methodology is consistent with the global push to measure streams in a revenue-reflective and access-based manner. This […]

Amazon Australia launches Prime Music

26/10/2018

Amazon Australia has launched Prime Music bringing a catalogue of more than two million songs and hundreds of hand-curated playlists and stations, ad-free and on-demand with unlimited skips by today’s best-selling artists to Prime members. Prime Music is included in every new and existing Prime membership at no additional cost. Prime Music has been customised for the Australian market and offers numerous hand-curated playlists and stations built specifically for the Australian music fan, including the […]

Streaming up by 35% in Australia for the first half of 2018

21/09/2018

Streaming in Australia grew by 35% during the first half of 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association. Australia’s music sales jumped 6% in the first half of 2018 continuing to show the market’s return to growth for a fourth year running. In 2017, Australia’s music industry recorded its highest annual growth in over 20 years, with recorded music industry tracking a 10.5% increase in value to A$391 million. For the first half of 2018 total […]

Australians stream more, download less and do it more legally

18/08/2018

A survey has shown that Australians are consuming more online content since 2015, streaming more and downloading less, according to the Australian Government Department of Communication and Arts. The survey also revealed that there has been an increase in the consumption of lawful content across music, movies, video games and TV programmes collectively. The Consumer survey on online copyright infringement 2018 surveyed 2453 consumers aged 12+ and found that Australians are willing to pay more […]