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UMG och små och medelstora företag pressar marknadsandelen på WMG och den oberoende sektorn
Musik & upphovsrätts årliga undersökning av sektorerna för inspelad musik och musikförlag har avslöjat förändringarna i globala marknadsandelar för de tre stora musikgrupperna och den oberoende sektorn. I en upprepning av den senaste recensionen stärkte UMG sin position som global ledare. Företaget registrerade tillväxt i sin marknadsandel för inspelad musik, medan förlagsenheten UMPG såg den största andelen vinst för något musikförlag på mer än 10 år. SME såg sin totala andel av inspelad musik återgå till tillväxt efter tre år av nedgång. Även om Sonys förlagsandel sjönk jämfört med föregående år, steg företagets marknadsandel för totala musikintäkter uppåt. Mindre major WMG drabbades av en aktienedgång för både inspelad musik och musikpublicering. Den oberoende sektorn såg också sina aktier för inspelad musik och musikpublicering minska. Även om indiegrupperingen förblev den tydliga ledaren för publicering, fick UMG vinster med inspelad musik att det kombinerade indieföretagets aktie sjönk till andra plats.

Another year of rising rights collections for South Korea’s KOMCA
South Korean authors’ society KOMCA has reported a record year for collections. Given South Korea’s advanced recorded-music market, much of KOMCA’s gains in recent years have come from digital sources and last year was no exception. Digital, which overtook performance five years ago to become the collection society’s biggest revenue source, accounted for close to half of domestic receipts last year with both streaming and audiovisual registering a particularly positive 12 months. However, income from mechanical reproduction scored the highest growth with a boom in CD sales driving up the collection source. In contrast, performance revenue was down almost one third with both karaoke and live concerts suffering from measures imposed to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. International income topped the previous year’s record with the popularity of K-pop boosting the overseas total.

National trade groups detail recorded-music sales with streaming and vinyl the big positives
In March, the IFPI published global recorded-music trade results for last year. Total sales, which were made up of physical and digital formats and services, performance rights, and synchronization revenue, increased 7.4%, to $21.6bn from $20.2bn in 2019. The rise, which compared with an uptick of 9.7% in 2019, marked the sixth consecutive year of growth. Since the global results were released, a number of national trade associations and retail groups have published local market figures. Although the level of detail differs between countries, all the results show a year-on-year rise in trade/retail sales with streaming the big growth provider. Most countries suffered a drop in sales of physical formats, with the size of the decline exaggerated by the impact on each countries’ retail sector from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the vinyl revival continued and, in some countries, revenue from the age-old format overtook CDs.

Indie music moves the needle in a hot Asian recorded-music market
The Chinese music market, as well as other territories in the Asia region, is attracting a lot interest from recorded-music’s big guns at the moment as revenue continues to rise. There’s also a sizable amount of focus on the independent music scene with both WMG and Merlin among those making significant plays across Asia. This is a hugely diverse region, however, and the one-size fits all strategy traditionally adopted in western markets won’t work in Asia. Local knowledge will be a key determinant of success, so the business of both hiring experienced Asian executives and allying with national independent record companies will be crucial.

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