Halfway Through 2015, Recorded Music Revenues Are Looking Good

[ViviLittleM 3]

Although limited, midyear data for a handful of countries shows positive trend.

Halfway through 2015, some countries' recorded music markets are receiving positive report cards. Mid-year revenue numbers from a handful of countries show streaming revenue drove growth in recorded music revenues, gains possible because declines in CD and download revenues were modest and manageable. Countries yet to release revenue data may not have had the same success.

Read here: http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6641008/2015-half-year-recorded-music-revenues?utm_source=twitter

[Spock 20,292]

I hate streaming

It's killing the physical format 

[Didymus 34,380]

All for streaming, physical formats are just another way to ruin the planet.

[PaperIz 7,354]

I hate streaming

It's killing the physical format 

its so scary because like I'm using the 99 cent spotify 3 month trial and it's amazing. Like I can see why people aren't buying hard copies anymore. I love having something to hold, pictures, lyric booklets to hold etc though so I won't be giving in until it switches to digital completely

[PEDRO98 1,003]

music is shifting towards streaming 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

I've LITERALLY never bought a physical copy of any album, only digitally.

[SlaeUrAnus 16,082]

I hate streaming

It's killing the physical format 

The 90's when people actually went to music stores though  Online payment and streaming have made people lazy and cheap  

[craig 680]

All for streaming, physical formats are just another way to ruin the planet.

Likely CD manufacture has very minimal impact compared to all those musicians and their crew flying and busing around the planet to do live gigs.

Or you could compare CDs lasting decades and being resold when owner is tired of them, with all the e-waste generated by the computer industry where things become obsolute in a few years.

[Zsolti 2,688]

I've LITERALLY never bought a physical copy of any album, only digitally.

 

please get the reference 

[Rome 176]

I hate streaming

It's killing the physical format 

I love streaming

t's killing the physical format 

[Spock 20,292]

 

please get the reference 

I LOVE YOU  

[Spock 20,292]

I love streaming

t's killing the physical format 

[Didymus 34,380]

Likely CD manufacture has very minimal impact compared to all those musicians and their crew flying and busing around the planet to do live gigs.

Or you could compare CDs lasting decades and being resold when owner is tired of them, with all the e-waste generated by the computer industry where things become obsolute in a few years.

It has a minimal impact on its own but all of the things we hold on to for nostalgia's sake put together is definitely a huge impact that needs to be stopped imo. Agreed about musicians touring though. Still not a good reason for me. CD's wont last forever, just look at VHS. It's my wish indeed that computers and laptops become easily and completely recyclable but in a complete picture they are more useful than a CD: you can use them for a thousand things at once. They're multifunctional. A CD only has one function.

Anyway, I get your point and mine definitely isn't perfect but I just don't like when people hold on to things for nostalgia's sake when there are better alternatives out there.

[craig 680]

"In the United States, album sales were down just 4 percent and digital tracks sales declined 10.4 percent."

Streaming is going to hurt itunes much more than physical CDs.

[Creyk 18,059]

"In the United States, album sales were down just 4 percent and digital tracks sales declined 10.4 percent."

Streaming is going to hurt itunes much more than physical CDs,

yes specially if the apple streaming service will be the "next thing"

We'll be lucky if LG5 has a similar opening week to AP