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German music sales continued to grow in 2023

07/03/2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2023 with revenue reaching €2.21 Bn – up 6.3% on 2022 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 81.5%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 7.9%, driven by audio streaming (+8.4%), which now has a market share of 74.8%. The physical market (18.5%) remained stable (+0.1%) due to renewed significant vinyl growth of 12.6%. CD sales fell by 5.9% but still remains the second strongest […]

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023

18/01/2024

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 12% more than 2022 when 191 billion streams were achieved. Within five years the number has almost doubled; In 2019 there were 108 billion views. If you add up all the data since the start of recording in 2013, the streams now add up to over a trillion. According to the released figures, current music is the most popular era of […]

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023

18/07/2023

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Total sales were €1.056 Bn, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last year (H1 2022: €990 million according to the 2022 full-year accounts). Physical sales were at a similar level as in the same period of the previous year and thus remained stable (-0.8%). CDs continued to decline (-4.1%) but still contributed […]

German music sales top €2 Bn in 2022

09/03/2023

German music sales top €2 Bn in 2022 again for the first time in 20 years according to the BVMI in recently released figures. Turnover was €2.07 Bn in 2022 from sales of CDs, vinyl LPs and downloads as well as revenues from the streaming business. It is for the first time in 20 years that the €2 Bn mark has been surpassed; the last time this was the case was in 2002 (€2.21 Bn). Compared […]

No German language titles in Top 100 Radio plays in 2022

09/02/2023

There were no German language titles in Top 100 Radio play charts in 2022 according to the BVMI in a recent blog post. The result of this is that various section of both the music industry and the general public are likely to demand cultural mandates as part of the debate about the future of public broadcasting. People in Germany listened to a lot of music via streaming services last year. Recently published figures showed that […]

Germany had 178 Bn streams in 2022

20/01/2023

Germany had 178 Bn streams in 2022 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 8% more than 2021 (165 Bn), more than a quarter more than 2020 (139 Bn) and almost two thirds more than 2019, when 107 Bn views were achieved. In total, the number of audio streams since the start of recording in 2013 has now totalled over 800 Bn. According to figures release, current music is the most popular […]

Four fifths of music sales in Germany are digital

11/08/2022

Four fifths of music sales in Germany are digital having grown 5.5% in the first six months of 2022 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Total sales were Euros 967 million. The strongest format remains audio streaming, which, after further growth (+9.1%), now accounts for 73.3% of total sales. This means that 80.2% of revenues from music sales in Germany are now generated digitally, with downloads contributing only 2.4% of the total market, following […]