The global music report for 2025 is out. Here’s what it says.
The IFPI, the trade group representing the recorded music industry, released its annual report yesterday (March 18). Here is what it said. For more analysis, go here.
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And the top global artist of 2025 was…yeah, her. Again.
The IFPI–the International Federation of the Phonograph Industry–is the global trade group representing the recorded music industry on a global level. It also keep track of which artists are doing well where. Each
Read MoreThe Global Music Report for 2025 is out. Here’s what music looks like around the world.
The IFPI, the global body representing the interests of the recorded music industry, released its annual report on the state of the business yesterday (March 19). Here are some highlights. You can download
Read MoreAnd the biggest artists in the world in 2024 were… [UPDATED]
The IFPI, the organization that represents the global interests of the recorded music industry, just published four charts that ranking the biggest-selling artists on the planet in 2024. Here are the highlights. Read
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Here’s a wild stat: 95% of the best-selling albums in 2023 were from the K-pop world
We’re still getting 2023 numbers from the recorded music industry. This latest fact blew me away. According to the IFPI, the global organization representing the recorded music industry, 19 of the 20 best-selling
Read MoreGlobal recorded music industry revenues was up over 10% in 2023. It’s now worth US$28.6 billion.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the global organization representing record labels, has come out with its annual Global Music Report, which offers a look at the health of the industry
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And the biggest album of 2023 was…NOT by Taylor Swift
The IFPI, the organization that represents the interests of record labels worldwide, just released more stats on global music consumption in 2023. The latest data dump reveals the biggest album on Earth last
Read MoreAnd the top song on the planet for 2023 was…
The IFPI, the global group representing the interests of the recorded music industry is out with more stats about 2023. Last week, it told us that when all the metrics were totaled up,
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New report says that Canadians are listening to more music than ever before
‘Tis the season for year-end lists and summaries. In this installment of What Happened in 2023, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the group representing the recorded music industry worldwide, has
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Canada slips in rankings of world’s biggest music markets
For years, Canada and Australia duked it out for fifth and sixth place when it comes the ranking of the world’s music markets. Things, though, have changed according to a recent IFPI Global
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What are the top music markets in the world? And where does Canada rank these days?
The IFPI, the organization that represents the global recorded music industry, released its annual report recently. There’s a staggering amount of data in the report which covers 62 countries, but I waded through
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