In 2021, American sound recording industries generated an estimated total revenue of 19.3 billion U.S. dollars, up from over 16 billion in the previous year. The figure has been climbing annually for the past five years, only halted spread of the coronavirus throughout the country in spring 2020 and reached an all-time high in 2021.
Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
includes all taxable employer firms of the following categories: record production, integrated record production and distribution, music publishers, sound recording studios and other sound recording industries
Supplementary notes
Data for the period 2007 to 2015 has been adjusted using results of the 2007 Economic Census where applicable. Figures have been rounded.
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US Census Bureau. (November 22, 2022). Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/
US Census Bureau. "Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/
US Census Bureau. (2022). Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/
US Census Bureau. "Estimated Revenue of Sound Recording Industries in The United States from 2005 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/
US Census Bureau, Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/ (last visited October 09, 2024)
Estimated revenue of sound recording industries in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Census Bureau, November 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184154/estimated-revenue-of-us-sound-recording-industries-since-2005/
