Proprietary Data
There are several other data sources for the music industry, such as Big Champagne and Nielsen's Sound Scan and Broadcast Data Services. However, these sources are proprietary data (owned by the company) and must be purchased. Individual record labels also have data on albums and sales, but this too is proprietary.
Statistics and Demographics
The items below offer information on chart rankings, download data, and/or sales data.
Items labeled "Library Resource" are library subscriptions--you will need to use your NetID if trying to access them off campus.
- All Music Guide A guide to recordings in every genre. Includes reviews, essays, and ratings. Performer/Group bios include Billboard charts and awards section.
- IFPI Music Market Statistics Recording industry numbers, annual digital music report, recorded music sales, piracy statistics, and top selling albums globally; issued by the International Federation of the Phongraphic Industry.
- IFPI Digital Music Report 2008 The latest statistics on digital music globally; issued by the International Federation of the Phongraphic Industry.
- Internet Music Study Issued in 2006 by the Digital Music Association.
- Investext Plus (Library Resource) Analyst reports on specific companies, or Keyword search "music" to retrieve broader industry results
- MarketResearch.com Academic (Library Resource) Global market research reports (keyword search "music")
- Pew Internet & American Life Project Reports on demographics, music downloading and file sharing (keyword search "music downloading)
- Radio and Records Tracks Arbitron ratings and airplay data, links to stations, industry news and conventions.
- RIAA Statistics on piracy, demographics, consumer profiles and more.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Various statistics on the industry, including detailed sales information. Search the index for "Music" to find the appropriate tables.
Related web links
- Global Music Sales Fell 7% in ’08 as CDs Lost Favor - NYTimes.com Music sales worldwide fell by about 7 percent last year as another sizable jump in digital sales failed to make up for a deepening decline in the compact disc market, according to John Kennedy, chief executive of the industry’s main international tr
- Study finds pirates 10 times more likely to buy music | Music | guardian.co.uk According to research, those who download 'free' music are also the industry's largest audience for digital sales
- The State of Music Online: Ten Years After Napster | Pew Internet In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself. The music industry has been on the front lines of the battle to convert freeloaders into paying customers, and their efforts have been watched closely by other digitized industries—newspapers, book publishing and Hollywood among them—who are hoping to staunch their own bleeding before it’s too late.
- Music Product Placement News News stories about product placement in popular music.
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