This statistic gives information on sales figures for music and videos of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses since 2003. In 2016, the value of e-commerce sales value of audio and video recordings, including purchased downloads, was 8.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
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U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
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This statistic gives information on sales figures for music and videos of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses since 2003. In 2016, the value of e-commerce sales value of audio and video recordings, including purchased downloads, was 8.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
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This statistic gives information on sales figures for music and videos of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses since 2003. In 2016, the value of e-commerce sales value of audio and video recordings, including purchased downloads, was 8.7 billion U.S. dollars, up from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
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- March 2018
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2003 to 2016
- Special properties
- audio and video recordings (includes purchased downloads)
- Supplementary notes
- *Missing data did not meet publication standards
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2003 to 2016
- Special properties
- audio and video recordings (includes purchased downloads)
- Supplementary notes
- *Missing data did not meet publication standards
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Statistics on "Music industry in the U.S."
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- Music industry revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2021, by source (in million U.S. dollars)Global music revenue 2012-2021, by source
- Global digital music revenue from 2005 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Global digital music revenue 2005-2017
- Forecast of Digital Music revenue by segment worldwide from 2017 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollar)Forecast of Digital Music revenue by segment worldwide 2017-2023
- Vinyl record sales worldwide from 1997 to 2015 (in million U.S. dollars)Vinyl record sales worldwide 1997-2015
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- Music industry revenue in the United States from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)Music industry revenue in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Change of music sales in the United States from 2009 to 2018, by categoryChange of music sales in the U.S. 2009-2018
- Music album shipments in the United States in 2017, by type (in millions)Music album shipments in the U.S. in 2017, by type
- Physical CD shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2017 (in millions)Physical album shipments in the U.S. from 1999 to 2017
- Retail value of music shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Retail value of music shipments in the U.S. from 1999 to 2017
- Distribution of music industry revenue in the United States in 2017, by sourceU.S. music industry - revenue distribution 2017, by source
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- Digital album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in millions)Digital album sales in the U.S. 2008-2018
- Mobile music revenue in the United States from 2005 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Mobile music revenue in the U.S. from 2005 to 2017
- Number of digital music album downloads in the United States from 2004 to 2017 (in millions)Number of digital music album downloads in the United States from 2004 to 2017
- Top-selling digital songs in the United States in 2018 (in thousands)Top-selling digital songs in the U.S. 2018
- Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2018 (in 1,000s)Top-selling digital music albums in the U.S. 2018
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- Most successful music tours in North America in 2018, based on ticket salesMost successful music tours in North America 2018, based on ticket sales
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- Most successful independent music distributors in the United States in 2017, by total consumption (in millions)Most successful independent music distributors in the U.S. 2017
- Share of music album consumption in the United States in 2017, by labelMusic album consumption in the U.S. 2017, by label
- Universal Music Group's revenue from 2004 to 2017 (in billion euros)Universal Music Group's revenue 2004-2017
- Annual sales and operating revenue of Sony Corporation's music segment in the fiscal years 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Annual revenue of Sony Corporation's music segment 2008-2017
- Revenue of the Warner Music Group in fiscal years 2004 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Revenue of the Warner Music Group 2004-2018
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- Share of consumers who own selected music devices in the United States in 2017Music device ownership among 15-39-year olds in the U.S. 2017
- Penetration rate of listening to online radio via mobile phone while in a car in the United States from 2010 to 2018Listening to mobile radio in cars - penetration rate in the U.S. 2010-2018
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- Weekly time spent with online radio in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in minutes)Weekly time spent with online radio in the U.S. 2008-2018
- Number of on-demand music streams in the United States from 2013 to 2018 (in billions)U.S. on-demand music streams volume 2013-2018
- Number of paid music streaming subscribers in the United States from 1st half 2014 to 1st half 2018 (in millions)Paid streaming music subscribers in the U.S. 2014-2018
- Reach of selected music sources in the United States as of July 2018, by age groupReach of music sources in the U.S. 2018, by age
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The most important statistics
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- Share of total music album consumption* in the United States in 2018, by genreMusic album consumption U.S. 2018, by genre
- Share of music song consumption* in the United States in 2018, by genreMusic song consumption U.S. 2018, by genre
- Sources used for keeping up-to-date with music in the United States in 2017Sources used for keeping up-to-date with music U.S. 2017
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- Playlisting habits among consumers in the United States in 2017Music playlisting habits in the U.S. 2017
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