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German music sales continued to grow in 2024

24/02/2025

German music sales continued to grow in 2024 with revenue reaching €2.38 Bn – up 7.8% on 2023 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 84.1%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 11.2%, driven by audio streaming (+12.6%), which now has a market share of 78.1%. The physical market (18.5%) declined by 7.4% despite vinyl growth of 9.4% generating €379 million in sales during the year. CD sales fell by 17.1% but still remains […]

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales

17/02/2025

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales with total sales of CHF 249 million in 2024, 7% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. Music streaming services such as YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify grew to CHF 226 million (+10%) and now accounts for 91% of the overall market. Sales of downloads and physical recordings continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl that has continued since 2010 stagnated in 20244. Physical recordings […]

El diario de Santiago

16/02/2025

El diario de Santiago is a Chilean digital newspaper based in Santiago which also has three associated radio stations – Radio Santiago, Radio Santiago Romantica and Radio Santiago Orquestrada. Radio Santiago has a terrestrial transmitter on 690 AM and Radio Santiago Romantica and Radio Santiago Orquestrada had CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams which have now been downgraded to 128kbps AAC. On their website there is news, articles and opinion pieces on local and national topics, […]

JB Radio-2

14/02/2025

JB Radio-2 is an alternative non-commercial internet radio station broadcasting two CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams (one with metadata and one without) plus an AAC stream at 320kbps. There is also a webplayer and Radio Garden, myTuner and Get Me Radio! options. This popular station went off air at the beginning of 2021 but resurfaced in April 2021 with an AAC stream and then in August 2021 restarted its FLAC streams. The station’s mission statement […]

What are the best Classical music streaming deals?

13/02/2025

High Resolution Audio’s guide to getting the best Classical music streaming plan. For lovers of Classical music one of the biggest issues they face on mainstream music streaming services is not so much a lack of tracks but the inability to find exactly what they are looking for. Classical works have multiple movements and tracks; famous pieces have hundreds of recordings with different orchestras, conductors, and soloists; and many composers have their own special catalogue […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q4 2024

11/02/2025

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q4 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 50 Podcasts of Q4 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the third quarter of 2024, and interviewing 5,163 weekly podcast consumers ages 13 and older in the US. […]

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q4 2024

06/02/2025

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q4 2024 with 644 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes in the quarter October to December 2024. This is up 22 million plays on the previous quarter and an increase of more than 3% from the same period last year, as digital listening continues to grow. This quarter also saw the launch of two new music streams, Radio 3 Unwind and Radio 1 Anthems, giving listeners on […]