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July 19, 2013 04:43 pm GMT
As questions continue to swirl around just how well artists get paid through streaming music services like Spotify -- and what they can do to improve that -- Nielsen today released numbersthat attest to how streamed music is rising against a decline in music sales. In the first six months of 2013, streaming music was up by 24% to nearly 51 billion streams, while overall sales of albums and track equivalents were down by 4.6% over a year ago, and are now at 210 million units. And, as a sign of what a strong role video is playing in the streaming game, the most popular track -- by a very long shot -- was Harlem Shake, the Baauer track that became the basis of a viral video free-for-all, with everyone and their mothersposting their own versions to YouTube to feed the meme.
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U.S. Music Sales Down As Streaming Up 24% To 51B Tracks In 6 Months; Harlem Shake Bumps Its Way To The Top
As questions continue to swirl around just how well artists get paid through streaming music services like Spotify -- and what they can do to improve that -- Nielsen today released numbersthat attest to how streamed music is rising against a decline in music sales. In the first six months of 2013, streaming music was up by 24% to nearly 51 billion streams, while overall sales of albums and track equivalents were down by 4.6% over a year ago, and are now at 210 million units. And, as a sign of what a strong role video is playing in the streaming game, the most popular track -- by a very long shot -- was Harlem Shake, the Baauer track that became the basis of a viral video free-for-all, with everyone and their mothersposting their own versions to YouTube to feed the meme.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/V3nQ20DYlVw/
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