This statistic shows data on music download sales in Germany from 2004 to 2016. In 2016, more than 78 million music downloads, either as single tracks or single/album bundles, were sold in Germany, according to the Federal Music Industry Association (Bundesverband Musikindustrie).
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This statistic shows data on music download sales in Germany from 2004 to 2016. In 2016, more than 78 million music downloads, either as single tracks or single/album bundles, were sold in Germany, according to the Federal Music Industry Association (Bundesverband Musikindustrie).
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- Release date
- April 2017
- Region
- Germany
- Survey time period
- 2004 to 2016
- Special properties
- single tracks, album/single bundles; online and mobile
- Supplementary notes
- Some figures were taken from previous publications.
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- Region
- Germany
- Survey time period
- 2004 to 2016
- Special properties
- single tracks, album/single bundles; online and mobile
- Supplementary notes
- Some figures were taken from previous publications.
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