The timeline presents data on recorded music industry revenue in the United States from 2009 to 2015. According to the data, revenue in the recorded music industry has grown steadily and reached 4.95 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
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The timeline presents data on recorded music industry revenue in the United States from 2009 to 2015. According to the data, revenue in the recorded music industry has grown steadily and reached 4.95 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
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- March 2016
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2009 to 2015
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- trade value
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Figures have been rounded.
The figure for 2009-2014 come from previous publications.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2009 to 2015
- Special properties
- trade value
- Supplementary notes
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Figures have been rounded.
The figure for 2009-2014 come from previous publications.
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- Global recorded music revenue from 1999 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Global revenue of the recorded music industry 1999-2017
- Share of recorded music industry revenues worldwide in 2017, by segmentMusic industry revenue distribution worldwide 2017, by source
- Recorded music market revenue worldwide from 2005 to 2017, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)Recorded music market revenue worldwide 2005-2017
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- Change of music sales in the United States from 2009 to 2017, by categoryChange of music sales in the U.S. 2009-2017
- Music album sales in the United States from 2007 to 2017 (in million units)Music album sales in the U.S. 2007-2017
- Recorded music industry revenue in the United States from 2009 to 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)Music industry revenue in the U.S. 2009-2015
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- Top-selling digital songs in the United States in 2017 (in millions)Top-selling digital songs in the U.S. 2017
- Most popular songs in the United States in 2017, by number of audio streams (in millions)Most popular songs in the U.S. 2017, by streams
- Top-selling vinyl albums in the United States in 2017 (in thousands)Top-selling vinyl albums in the U.S. 2017
- Artists with the most consecutive weeks in the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 in the United States as of July 2017 (in weeks)Most successful artists on Billboard Hot 100 as of July 2017
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- Revenue market share of the largest music publishers worldwide from 2007 to 2016Market share of the largest music publishers worldwide from 2007 to 2016
- Recorded music revenue share for major and independent labels in selected countries worldwide in 2016Major & independent record labels market share 2016, by country
- Most successful music labels in the United States in 2017, by total consumption (in millions)Most successful music labels in the U.S. 2017
- Most successful music distributors in the United States in 2017, by total consumption (in millions)Most successful 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
- 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
- Universal Music Group's revenue from 2004 to 2017 (in billion euros)Universal Music Group's revenue 2004-2017
- Revenue of the Warner Music Group in fiscal years 2004 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Revenue of the Warner Music Group 2004-2017
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- Most successful music tours worldwide in 2017, based on gross revenue (in million U.S. dollars)Most successful music tours worldwide 2017
- Most successful music tours in North America in 2017, based on gross revenue (in million U.S. dollars)The most successful music tours in North America in 2017
- Most successful music tours in North America in 2017, based on ticket salesMost successful music tours in North America 2017, based on ticket sales
- Music tour gross revenues from 2011 to 2017 worldwide (in billion U.S. dollars)Worldwide music tour gross revenues 2011-2017
- Highest grossing music tours of all time in North America as of 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Highest grossing music tours of all time in North America 2017
- Live Nation Entertainment's concert revenue from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Live Nation Entertainment's concert revenue from 2008 to 2017
- Number of concerts and festivals promoted by Live Nation from 2008 to 2017Number of events promoted by Live Nation from 2008 to 2017
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- 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
- Are you currently using streaming services for music and/or video content?Usage of streaming services by U.S. consumers 2017
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- How often do you listen to music you have purchased?Frequency of listening to purchased music in the U.S. 2016
- Average annual music spending per capita in the United States as of August 2015, by age (in U.S. dollars)Music spending per capita in the U.S. 2015, by age
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- Digital music revenue in the United States from 2008 to 2017, by type (in million U.S. dollars)Digital music revenue in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by type
- 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
- Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2017 (in 1,000s)Top-selling digital music albums in the U.S. 2017
- Top-selling digital songs in the United States from January to June 2017, based on unit sales (in thousands)Top-selling digital songs in the U.S. H1 2017
- Digital album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2017 (in millions)Digital album sales in the U.S. 2008-2017
- Value of digital music singles downloaded in the United States from 2004 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Value of digital music singles downloaded in the U.S. from 2004 to 2017
- Most popular mobile music and video apps in the United States as of May 2018, by reachMost popular entertainment apps in the U.S. 2018, by reach
- Music videos
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- Share of music video streams in the United States in 2017, by genreMusic video streams in the U.S. 2017, by genre
- Most viewed music videos on Vevo in the United States in 2017 (in millions)Most watched music videos on Vevo in the U.S. 2017
- Most viewed music videos on Vevo worldwide in 2017 (in millions)Most watched music videos on Vevo 2017
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- Number of MTV Video Music Awards viewers from 2000 to 2017 (in millions)MTV Video Music Awards - number of viewers 2000-2017
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- Growth of music sales following the Grammy Awards in 2017, by typeGrowth of music sales following the Grammy Awards in 2017
- Number of Grammy Awards categories from 1959 to 2018Number of Grammy Awards categories 1959-2018
- Which best describes your feelings about the Grammys?Reasons to watch the Grammys in the U.S. 2016
- Most popular Grammy Awards moments on Twitter as measured by number of mentions on February 15, 2016Grammy Awards moments with the most tweets 2016
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- World's richest hip-hop artists from June 2016 to June 2017, by earnings (in million U.S. dollars)Earnings of the world's richest hip-hop artists 2017
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