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Revenues from Latin music in the United States grew 3% to $176 million in 2016, the first growth in Latin music since the market’s high point in 2005.

2016 was a year of significant progress for the American music business.

The first half of 2016 signaled positive gains for the U.S. music industry as the growth in streaming revenues more than offset the declines in physical sales (CDs, etc) and digital download sales.

Thank you to everyone for their patience as we have updated the RIAA Revenue and Shipments online database.

Now that our 2015 sales numbers are out, there is one category that continues to befuddle even the most astute industry observers: vinyl (in a good way, of course).

RIAA’s 2015 year-end music sales & shipments report is now published with a unique and comprehensive look at the state of the U.S. music business.

ICYMI Music Business Worldwide recently published a blog by our Josh Friedlander, SVP, Strategic Data Analysis.

ICYMI: Forbes recently published an op-ed by our CEO Cary Sherman.

Recently, the RIAA published 2015 mid-year revenue and shipment data for the United States music industry. The report outlines the overall state of the market for the first half of the year, with revenue data that isn’t available anywhere else. But there’s always more digging that can be…

As fans increasingly turn to online streaming as the primary way to enjoy music, it’s more and more important for artists and the labels to receive fair royalties from streaming music sites.