Local Music Archives

Germany had 236 Bn streams in 2024

18/01/2025

Germany had 236 Bn streams in 2024 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 11% more than 2023 when 213 Bn streams were achieved. Within the last 6 years the number has more than doubled – in 2019 there were 108 Bn views. Current songs are particularly popular with music fans with songs from the 2020s increasing their streaming share from 52 to 56% from last year. German-speaking acts such as Ayliva, Luciano […]

France continues to buy mainly French music in 2024

09/01/2025

France continues to buy mainly French music in 2024 with 18 out of the Top 20 best-selling albums being made by local artists and in French according to SNEP the French recorded music industry association. The top 3 best-selling albums of the year were by French artists – Werenoi, who climbs to the top step for the 2nd consecutive year, PLK and Indochine 2024 French Recorded Music Highlights 145 French productions are present in the 200 best-sellers […]

Local music in Italy continues to dominate charts in 2024

08/01/2025

Local music in Italy continues to dominate charts in 2024 with 84% of the Top 100 album chart according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. The Top Ten Albums of 2024 are all Italian for the fifth year in a row and the Top Ten Singles of 2024 were all Italian as well, an increase from 9 out of 10 in 2023. The results from the FIMI-GFK annual charts (29th December 2023 to 26th December 2024) […]

Music revenues in Europe are 39% below 2001 levels

25/10/2024

Music revenues in Europe are 39% below 2001 levels according to a recent report by IFPI, the organisation representing record companies worldwide, which looked at recorded music in the European Union. The report, Music in the EU: A Global Opportunity, explores the ways in which the work and investment of record companies is helping to drive the success of European music and artists, both domestically and internationally, whilst providing insight into the challenges and opportunities […]

Italian music market up 15.1% in first half of 2024

05/09/2024

Italian music market up 15.1% in first half of 2024 with streaming subscriptions growing by 23% according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. Total revenues were over Euros 200 million according to data compiled by Deloitte for FIMI. Streaming continues to dominate in Italy with premium streaming seeing revenues growing by 23%, bringing the entire streaming segment to cover 81% of the market thanks to the overall growth of 18.1%. In the first […]

Local music continues to dominate Italian charts in first half of 2024

31/07/2024

Local music continues to dominate Italian charts in first half of 2024 according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. The Top Ten Albums and Singles are all Italian and are on track to make this the fifth year in a row that this has happened. After 5 consecutive weeks at the top of the weekly chart, Icon by Tony Effe leads the Album chart (physical + download + free & premium streaming) with I nomi del diavolo by Kid Yugi […]

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023

18/01/2024

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 12% more than 2022 when 191 billion streams were achieved. Within five years the number has almost doubled; In 2019 there were 108 billion views. If you add up all the data since the start of recording in 2013, the streams now add up to over a trillion. According to the released figures, current music is the most popular era of […]