Sales of digital music in the past year, rose 8% to $ 5.2 billion This follows from the report of the International Federation of Publishers music. However, because of piracy, the market continued to fall.
On Monday, the International Federation of Publishers music (IFPI) released a report on the state of online music. According to IFPI, a music sales last year rose 8% to $ 5.2 billion, and the number of subscribers to music services grew by 65%, to 13.4 million people around the world. At the same time in 2011 for about 3.6 billion downloads of individual singles and albums. The largest volume of sales of online music, according to the IFPI, the record companies are China (71%), followed by South Korea (53%) and USA (52%).
As follows from the report, contributed to this expansion of the active music services like iTunes and Spotify, the new markets. If, as noted in the IFPI, in early 2011, international music services were represented in 23 countries, they are now present in 58 countries.
Nevertheless, begun in the late 90's market decline continued. In 2011, its volume amounted to $ 16.2 billion, whereas the previous year - $ 16.7 billion in principal cause of the fall of the market experts call piracy. Thus, according to IFPI and the research company Nielsen, 28% in a month or every quarter of Internet users regularly visited by unauthorized music websites and portals.
However, progress in the fight against piracy the music industry still does, albeit small. Last year's drop in the market of online music is not too great: in 2010 it fell by 8% over the previous year. Among the states that have achieved success the Greatest, IFPI singles out the European countries. The adoption in 2009 in France the law (the law HADOPI) the number of those who illegally download music, fell by 2 million people.
On Monday, the International Federation of Publishers music (IFPI) released a report on the state of online music. According to IFPI, a music sales last year rose 8% to $ 5.2 billion, and the number of subscribers to music services grew by 65%, to 13.4 million people around the world. At the same time in 2011 for about 3.6 billion downloads of individual singles and albums. The largest volume of sales of online music, according to the IFPI, the record companies are China (71%), followed by South Korea (53%) and USA (52%).
As follows from the report, contributed to this expansion of the active music services like iTunes and Spotify, the new markets. If, as noted in the IFPI, in early 2011, international music services were represented in 23 countries, they are now present in 58 countries.
Nevertheless, begun in the late 90's market decline continued. In 2011, its volume amounted to $ 16.2 billion, whereas the previous year - $ 16.7 billion in principal cause of the fall of the market experts call piracy. Thus, according to IFPI and the research company Nielsen, 28% in a month or every quarter of Internet users regularly visited by unauthorized music websites and portals.
However, progress in the fight against piracy the music industry still does, albeit small. Last year's drop in the market of online music is not too great: in 2010 it fell by 8% over the previous year. Among the states that have achieved success the Greatest, IFPI singles out the European countries. The adoption in 2009 in France the law (the law HADOPI) the number of those who illegally download music, fell by 2 million people.
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