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Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022

Music sales in Spain increase by 22% in first half of 2021

09/10/2021

Music sales in Spain increase by 22% in first half of 2021 with physical sales recovering but not to pre-pandemic levels according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent almost 169.2 million euros in consuming music, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 22.3% increase compared to the same period of 2020 (138.3 million euros) – a time marked by the start of the pandemic, the preventive closure of non-essential shops […]

Telefónica launches Movistar Música in Spain

22/06/2021

Telefónica launches Movistar Música in Spain a new music streaming service with more than 50 million songs in its catalogue. The service was first piloted in Latin America and comes with several subscription options. The streaming service is available both as a mobile and tablet app and also available on the Movistar Home device. The subscription services are: Lite – Costing € 4.99 / month, users can choose from more than 5,000 exclusive playlists selected […]

Increase in streaming overcomes pandemic slump in Spain

09/09/2020

Increase in streaming overcomes pandemic slump in Spain with an increase in music sales of 4% in the first half of 2020 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The Spanish music industry has managed a 3.99% upturn in global sales, despite of the pandemic impact on the physical market, losing almost 45% of revenues as a consequence of closing of shops during lockdown. Revenues, according to figures compiled by the association (representing […]

COVID-19 will stop Spanish music growth in 2020

03/04/2020

COVID-19 will stop Spanish music growth in 2020 which saw an increase in revenues of 22.5% according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The pandemic is forecast to reduce revenues by more than €100 million and the association is calling on the Spanish government to support the industry using ‘fiscal incentives, soft loans and music promotion campaigns to cushion the hard blow that the virus has also dealt to the recording industry’. The […]

Local music dominates Spanish charts in 2019

09/02/2020

Local music dominates Spanish charts in 2019 with mainly Spanish music in the Top 100 Albums and reggaeton predominating in the Top 100 Songs according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Streaming continued its growth increasing by a quarter over 2018 so that now more than 10 million Spaniards use an audio streaming service. Physical sales were also up for the first time in the last five years. #ElDisco, the latest release by Alejandro […]

Music listening is above average in Spain

09/10/2019

Music listening is above average in Spain with Spaniards listening to 20 hours of music a week, two more than the world average. Half of the Spanish population declares themselves to be a ‘fan’ of music and mostly listens to it on streaming platforms according to an analysis of data from IFPI’s Music Listening Report 2019 by Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The complete IFPI report can be downloaded in either English or […]

Music sales in Spain increase by 27% in first half of 2019

17/09/2019

Music sales in Spain increase by 27% in first half of 2019 with streaming up 26.9% according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. There was also a substantial increase in vinyl and an upturn in CD sales making it the best first half results since 2001. During the first half of 2019, music sales in Spain experienced the highest increase since the turn of the millennium when widespread piracy caused sales to plummet. The […]