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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87678, member: 27"] Germany's recorded music growth basically just kept pace with inflation after the market's expansion rate nosedived from 7.2% down to 2.3%. German recorded music hits EUR 2.42 billion [LIST] [*]Revenue climbed only 2.3% compared to 7.2% prior. [*]That converts to roughly $2.73 billion in USD. [*]GDP grew a measly 0.2% after two recessionary years. [*]Inflation sat at 2.2%, nearly matching the revenue bump. [/LIST] Streaming dominates, but momentum is fading [LIST] [*]Streaming revenue grew 4.1% to hit EUR 2 billion. [*]That category alone represents 84.4% of total revenue. [*]Digital formats overall grabbed 85.8% of the market. [*]BVMI's Dr. Florian Drücke called growth solid regardless. [/LIST] Physical formats keep bleeding out in Germany [LIST] [*]Physical revenue dropped 5.9% to EUR 345 million. [*]CD sales tumbled 11.3% to roughly EUR 175 million. [*]Vinyl grew 2.8% and now claims 44.2% of the physical share. [*]Physical revenues have shrunk by two-thirds since 2015. [/LIST] UK comparison reveals a vinyl-shaped divergence [LIST] [*]British recorded music grew 4.2% to GBP 2.45 billion. [*]UK streaming subscription growth only matched inflation at 3.2%. [*]Physical sales surged 11.5% across the channel, though. [*]Vinyl revenue jumped 18.5% in Britain versus 2.8% in Germany. [/LIST] AI looms large over the industry's horizon [LIST] [*]Drücke flagged AI penetration across every industry segment. [*]Attention competition keeps intensifying from AI-generated content. [*]Strong copyright protections remain a priority for BVMI. [*]Sync licensing offered a bright spot, growing 7.2% yearly. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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