SOURCE: GfK - Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023 - %age of streaming by decade
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Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023

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 […]

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France continues to buy mainly French music in 2023

France continues to buy mainly French music with the 10 best selling albums in 2023 being by local artists and in French according to SNEP the French recorded music industry association. 17 of the 20 best album sales in 2023 were produced in France – and singing in French – with all generations and all musical styles combined, but with rap dominating at the top of the charts. 2023 French Recorded Music Highlights In the last 10 […]

Local music in Italy continues to dominate charts in 2023
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Local music in Italy continues to dominate charts in 2023

Local music in Italy continues to dominate charts in 2023 with 80% of the Top 100 album chart according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. The Top Ten Albums of 2023 are all Italian for the fourth year in a row and nine out of the the Top Ten Singles are all Italian.. Il coraggio dei bambini by Geolier reaches the first place in the Album & Compilation chart (which includes physical, digital and premium […]

TikTok fuels music discovery
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TikTok fuels music discovery

TikTok fuels music discovery according to a recent report that was commissioned by TikTok and prepared by Luminate, the entertainment data and research company. The report sets out to consider the impact that TikTok and its users have on the music industry in terms of music discovery, consumption, and contribution to industry revenues. It is a quantitative analysis of the impact of the app and the unique role that TikTok and its users play in […]

Local music continues to top the album charts in France
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Local music continues to top the album charts in France

Local music continues to top the album charts in France in the first half of 2023 according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums in the first six months of 2023: 17 of the Top 20 albums are French productions Three quarters of the Top 200 albums are French productions 33 first albums rank in the Top 200 with more than three quarters produced in France. […]

Streaming in Italy grew 17.3% in first half of 2023
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Streaming in Italy grew 17.3% in first half of 2023

Streaming in Italy grew 17.3% in first half of 2023 according to data compiled by GfK and published by FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. There were over 35 Bn streams in the first half of 2023, while the physical segment recorded a slight decline, down by 2.7%. Vinyl continues to show growth close to 10%. Italian music dominates the FIMI/GfK charts, conquering both the best-selling Albums and Singles Top Ten charts in the first […]

Spotify adds 11 more languages to its apps
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Spotify adds 11 more languages to its apps

Spotify adds 11 more languages to its apps including UK English, Spanish and Arabic variants bringing the total number of languages on Spotify to 74. This is in addition to the 27 languages they launched with and the 36 languages they rolled out in 2021. Spotify’s mobile app will now also support: Spanish – Argentina Spanish – Mexico Traditional Chinese – Hong Kong Arabic – Egypt Arabic – Saudi Arabia Basque Bosnian English – UK Galician Macedonian […]