This statistic shows the market share held by selected record label companies worldwide in 2017, sorted by branch. According to the source, Warner Music Group's market share of the total recorded music industry worldwide amounted to 18.2 percent, whereas Sony Music Entertainment held a 22.3 percent share of the market.
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This statistic shows the market share held by selected record label companies worldwide in 2017, sorted by branch. According to the source, Warner Music Group's market share of the total recorded music industry worldwide amounted to 18.2 percent, whereas Sony Music Entertainment held a 22.3 percent share of the market.
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This statistic shows the market share held by selected record label companies worldwide in 2017, sorted by branch. According to the source, Warner Music Group's market share of the total recorded music industry worldwide amounted to 18.2 percent, whereas Sony Music Entertainment held a 22.3 percent share of the market.
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- August 2018
- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Supplementary notes
- For total recorded music, self-released independents had a 2.7 percent market share and other independents has a 27.2 percent market share. For music publishing, the source gave an overall figure for independents, which amounted to 41.2 percent.
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Supplementary notes
- For total recorded music, self-released independents had a 2.7 percent market share and other independents has a 27.2 percent market share. For music publishing, the source gave an overall figure for independents, which amounted to 41.2 percent.
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