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Last year music streaming made up 75% of the recorded music revenue in the US showing just how popular streaming has become.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n

As the US music industry reports double-digit growth for the third year in a row, streaming is leading the way. A new report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)<\/a> shows that last year music streaming revenues increased by 30% to $7.4 billion which accounts for 75% of the US’ total recorded music revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RIAA even said that in 2018 music streaming accounted “for virtually all revenue growth”. Overall, t<\/a>he US music industry grew by 12% last year<\/a> propelled in large part thanks to the continued significant growth of music streaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The growth in music streaming is being pushed by the surge in subscriptions as people move more to paid subscriptions from ad-supported services like Spotify free. Last year paid subscription made over half of all revenues for the first time ever rising 32% for a total of $5.4 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year music streaming made up 75% of the recorded music revenue in the US showing just how popular streaming has become. As the US music industry reports double-digit growth for the third year in a row, streaming is leading the way. A new report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) shows that last year music streaming revenues increased by 30% to $7.4 billion which accounts for 75% of the US’ total recorded music revenues. The RIAA even said that in 2018 music streaming accounted “for virtually all revenue growth”. 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