{"id":102536,"date":"2025-01-08T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=102536"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:23:26","slug":"the-uk-music-industry-reaches-an-all-time-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-uk-music-industry-reaches-an-all-time-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK music industry reaches an all-time record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UK music industry sees the year off to a great start as 2024’s results show UK music being consumed more than ever.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What better way to start the new year than celebrate UK music’s record successes from last year? The Entertainment and Retail Association<\/a> (ERA) have released their report for 2024<\/a>. The headline news is that streaming and vinyl are driving a 20-year high for music in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ERA are celebrating “a 20 year high and an all-time record, exceeding the pinnacle of the CD era” for UK music consumption and recorded music revenues. That’s according to their annual figures, released this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music consumption is thriving, with streaming alone generating the equivalent of 178 million albums. That exceeds the record of 172 million albums sold in 2004 at the peak of the CD boom. Overall, music consumption reached the equivalent of 201.4 albums for 2024 in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of revenues, UK music surpassed 2001’s record high of \u00a32,221.7 million. Including revenues from both streaming subscriptions and purchases, UK recorded music revenues reached \u00a32,389.8 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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