Wednesday 4th August 2010
UK MUSIC SUCCESS ABROAD HELPS DRIVE GROWTH, AS RECORDED SALES FLATTEN AND THE LIVE BOOM COOLS
PRS for Music’s annual ‘Adding Up The UK Music Industry’ report has revealed that UK music industry revenues totalled £3.9bn in 2009.
The success of British music abroad complemented slower domestic growth in live music. Overall growth of 4.7% (2008 = £3.6bn) was a positive achievement for the industry, also underpinned by the levelling-off of a five year sustained decline in recorded sales.
The report by PRS for Music’s economists Will Page & Chris Carey analyses the diverse mix of revenues, rights and relationships that make up the industry in 2009 including consumer spending on CDs, downloads and live music, business-to-business revenues from licensing music use and other sources.
Highlights of the Adding Up The UK Music Industry 2009 report include:
• The UK music industry was worth £3.9bn in 2009, up 4.7% on 2008. Combined business-to-consumer revenues (live industry and recorded music sales) grew 4.8% to £2.9bn making up 75% of the total industry
• Retail spend on recorded music including CDs, downloads, music DVDs and streaming stabilised, helped by growth in licensed digital music services and ending a five year overall downward trend
• International licensing revenue from music use overseas is becoming increasingly important with demand from the US, France, Germany, Japan and Holland as well as growth in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe
• Live music revenues have increased 9.4% to £1.5bn including direct ticket sales, secondary ticketing and ‘on the night’ spend, but have slowed from 2008’s outstanding growth of 13%
• Business-to-business revenues including royalty collections from organisations and businesses using music, direct licensing of music services and advertising and sponsorship totalled £967m up 4.4% on 2008
• Recorded music revenues in the UK are shown to be larger than the US when expressed per head of population
Will Page, Chief Economist PRS for Music said:
“Overall 2009 has bucked downward trends at home and abroad. Strong growth in international licensing revenues, a robust live music industry and signs of stabilisation in the recorded sector have helped produce these impressive results. Underpinning this is a drive by the industry to develop new sources of revenue from the online market.
The question for 2010 is will it last? With signs that the live industry may already be cooling, the challenge for all of the UK music industry players is to continue to work together to build upon what has been a unexpected and much welcome UK-media success story of 2009.”
Robert Ashcroft, Chief Executive PRS for Music added:
“The ‘Adding Up The UK Music Industry’ report is becoming a key resource for understanding the business. The more we understand the complexities of the industry and how revenues and rights are split, the better placed we all are to secure and grow this vital component of UK PLC.
In a changing economic climate it is heartening that the music industry as a whole is continuing to adapt and evolve to compete on a world stage.”
To read the full report please visit:
www.prsformusic.com/economics
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PRS for Music:
PRS for Music represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. As a not-for-profit organisation it ensures creators are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced; championing the importance of copyright to protect and support the UK music industry. The UK has a proud tradition of creating wonderful music that is enjoyed the world over and PRS for Music has been supporting the creators of that music since 1914.
PRS for Music provides business and community groups with easy access to over 10m songs through its music licences. In an industry worth £3.6bn PRS for Music is uniquely placed to be a voice for music and can provide data and comment for all aspects of the business: live, broadcast, sales, online, touring and music creation and up to date analysis, research and trends about the industry.
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