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> Except that the music business continues to shrink each year. What do you base this on? I googled a bit "music industry revenue" and only the opposite came u

• bsder 9y ago
  Then you didn't look very far. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-record-industry-income-drops-below-15bn-for-first-time-in-history/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-record-industr... Almost a straight line from 1999 with 26.6 billion to 14.97 billion in 2014. Quoting your source: > Total revenues for 2016 were US$15.7 billion. Quoting here: http://www.ifpi.org/facts-and-stats.php http://www.ifpi.org/facts-and-stats.php > This growth, however, should be viewed in the context of the industry losing nearly 40% of its revenues in the preceding 15 years.