https://www.recode.net/2014/3/18/11624668/the-price-of-music https://www.recode.net/2014/3/18/11624668/the-price-of-music Cherry picking from the article from

https://www.recode.net/2014/3/18/11624668/the-price-of-music https://www.recode.net/2014/3/18/11624668/the-price-of-music Cherry picking from the article from 2014: > At the 1999 peak ... according to the music trade group International Federation for the Phonographic Industry, across the total 18-and-over population (both across many countries or individually within one), the average amount spent came to $28 per consumer. Moving on: > But that includes people who did not buy any music that year. If we look at just the consumers who bought music, they spent $64 on average that year. > Another study by NPD Group in 2011 found similar spending, about $55 per music buyer per year on all forms of recorded music Note, that's all forms of music. > about $12 per iTunes account per quarter is spent on music, or about $48 per year.