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U.S. Reaches 100 Million Paid Music-Streaming Subscribers

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  1. Melody Bot Mar 19, 2025
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    Variety, reporting on the RIAA’s 2024 data:

    For the first time, paid streaming subscriptions hit the 100 million mark in the U.S. last year, while vinyl sales continued their nearly two-decade resurgence with $1.4 billion in sales, according to Recording Industry Association of America’s annual recorded-music revenue report.

    Despite that milestone, streaming growth continues to slow — it was up just 4 million for the year, continuing a slowing trend over the past five years.

    And:

    Meanwhile, vinyl’s 18th straight year of growth scored nearly three-quarters of physical format revenue at $1.4 billion — the highest since 1984. For the third consecutive year, it outsold CDs, shipping 44 million vinyl records compared with 33 million CDs.

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  2. Frank Lapidus Mar 19, 2025
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    Even though the number continues to decline, I'm still always shocked at how many CDs are still sold each year.
     
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  3. AlwaysEvolving21 Mar 19, 2025
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    Love the convenience of streaming, hate the lack of ownership of my library. Same goes for streaming movie and tv apps. Even though I love the convenience and access to content, it becomes overwhelming as I find myself constantly feeling the need to have something on as much as possible. Christ, my AirPods might as well be my third arm :crylaugh:.

    However, over the past year, I've purchased more physical media than I have over the past decade. It feels good. It feels practical. It feels more intentional. Its such a different experience that I don't think streaming will ever be able to compete with it from that sense.

    #BringBackVideoRentalStores
     
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