Music industry: worldwide revenues from 2002 to 2014, by sector

This graph depicts the revenue of the music industry worldwide from 2002 to 2014, broken down by category. In 2014, revenue generated by digital music amounted to 6.85 billion U.S. dollars.Music industry revenues worldwide – additional informationThe worldwide music industry revenue is often broken down by digital, physical, performance rights, and synchronization revenues. A forecast made in June 2016 of the compound annual growth rate of global music revenue between 2015 and 2020, by category, outlines which sectors of the industry are expected to perform well. It was predicted that digital music streaming revenue would grow by 21.65 percent annually. However, it was estimated that digital music downloading would decrease by 14.26 percent annually in the presented period and physical recorded music revenue is expected to experience a 12 percent reduction annually.Digital music’s expected dominance does not necessarily render traditional music formats defunct. Vinyl or LP records, which have been played since the 1920s, have had their worldwide sales recorded from 1997 to 2015. In 1997, vinyl records generated 137 million U.S. dollars. However by 2006, their popularity appeared to have diminished as revenue dropped to a low of just 34 million U.S. dollars. Surprisingly, the traditional format has undergone a revival as worldwide sales generated a record 416 million U.S. dollars in 2015.

本图表展示了2002年至2014年间全球音乐产业的收入情况，按类别细分。2014年，数字音乐的收入达到了68.5亿美元。关于全球音乐产业收入的进一步信息：全球音乐产业的收入通常按数字、物理、表演权和同步收入进行划分。2016年6月对2015年至2020年间全球音乐收入复合年增长率进行的预测，按类别划分，概述了哪些行业部门预计将表现出色。预测显示，数字音乐流媒体收入将每年增长21.65%。然而，估计在此期间数字音乐下载将每年下降14.26%，而实体录音音乐收入预计将每年减少12%。数字音乐预期的主导地位并不必然导致传统音乐格式失效。自1920年代以来就存在的黑胶或LP唱片，其全球销售额自1997年至2015年有记录可查。1997年，黑胶唱片创造了1.37亿美元的销售额。然而，到了2006年，它们的受欢迎程度似乎有所下降，收入降至仅为3400万美元的低点。令人惊讶的是，这种传统格式经历了复兴，全球销售额在2015年创造了4.16亿美元的记录。