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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 […]

Nearly four fifths of music in Germany will soon be digital

04/03/2022

Nearly four fifths of music in Germany will soon be digital according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Record sales and revenues from streaming generated a total of €1.96 Bn, compared to 2020 that is an increase of 10%. By far the largest part was generated digitally, 76.4% of the income comes from online music. Audio streaming, which has been growing dynamically for years, again increased by 18.6%. The growth curve is slightly less than […]

Music streaming in Germany up 20% in 2021

12/01/2022

Music streaming in Germany is up 20% in 2021 with 165 Bn streams – almost a fifth more than 2020 (138 Bn), over half more than 2019 (108 Bn) and twice as many as 2018, when 80 Bn hits were reported. These are figures released yesterday by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. Since the start of collecting stream data in 2013, the number of all streaming views now adds up to a total […]

German music charts to include advertising financed streams

04/01/2022

German music charts to include advertising financed streams in addition to physical sales, downloads, premium music streams and radio plays according to the BVMI. The first single charts according to the new regulations cover the sales period 30th December 2021 to 6th January 2022 and will appear this Friday (7th January 2022). Another new feature for 2022 is that YouTube will now also contribute data to determine the single charts and this will apply to both […]