One week after its release, Taylor Swift’s Midnights (3am Edition) has generated nearly $1.32 million from sales via QQ Music, according to stats on the Tencent-owned streaming service. This latest testament to Taylor Swift’s success in China’s q…
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Taylor Swift Is Big in China — ‘Midnights’ Sells 250,000+ Copies on QQ Music Despite Reportedly Being Tencent’s Highest-Priced Digital Album
The popularity of Taylor Swift has reportedly extended to China’s quick-growing music market, where Midnights is said to have sold north of 250,000 copies on QQ Music despite being Tencent’s highest-priced digital album to date. TechCrunch just recentl…
The History of Recording Industry Sales, 1973-2010
The following shipment figures are from the RIAA, dating back to 1973. The first shows album unit sales across four formats: 8-tracks, vinyl, CDs, and digital albums. The second shows singles across four formats: CD-singles, cassette singles (or ‘…
Taylor Swift Declared Best-Selling Global Artist of 2019 by IFPI
London-based global recording industry trade group IFPI has declared Taylor Swift the bestselling worldwide artist of 2019. Swift edged out the likes of Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Queen, and the Beatles for the crown. Having las…
2019’s US-Based Streaming Music Market Was Larger Than the Entire Recorded Music Market in 2017
According to a detailed report shared this (Tuesday) afternoon by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 2019 brought a substantial uptick in US-based music industry revenue. Streaming catapulted the double-digit gains; the format is now…
VR Headset Sales Drop Over 40% Compared to Last Year – Why?
A Nielsen subsidiary has published VR sales figures for 2019 – the data includes AR, VR, and hybrid headsets. The PlayStation VR and Oculus Quest were the two most popular VR headsets last year. But sales this year are down 42.5% since 2018 between tho…
BTS’ Latest Album Receives 3.4 Million Pre-Orders in Just 7 Days
Big Hit Entertainment has announced that the upcoming album by K-Pop sensations BTS has sold more than 3.4 million copies in just seven days, based on data from the album’s distributor, Dreamus Company. Map of the Soul: 7, which will not be relea…
Apple’s AirPods Alone Make More Money Than Spotify
A new report from analyst Kevin Rooke is indicating that Apple’s revenue from AirPods exceeds that of Spotify, Twitter, Snapchat, and Shopify combined, but not everyone is buying it. In his report, Rooke presented the following graph to show just…
German Music Industry Breaks the 100 Billion Stream Barrier
In the wake of a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that there were more than 100 billion music streams in the United Kingdom, GfK Entertainment and the German Music Industry Association (BVMI) announced that the same thing had happene…
Britain’s Music Streaming Market Tops $1 Billion for the First Time Ever
Echoing a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) says that sales from music streaming last year exceeded £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in the United Kingdom for the first time. The organization al…