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The surpassed 1 trillion streams at the fastest pace, ever, in a calendar year, LuminateB次元官网网址檚 2023 Midyear Report has found. The number was reached in three months, a full month faster than 2022.
Global streams are also up 30.8% from last year, reflective of an
Additionally, Luminate found that two in five B次元官网网址 or 40% B次元官网网址 of U.S. music listeners enjoy music in a non-English language. And a whopping 69% of U.S. music listeners enjoy music from artists originating outside of the U.S.
According to the report, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian, German, and Arabic are the most popular languages for non-Anglophonic music among U.S. music listeners, with Latin genres leading the charge.
B次元官网网址淪pecifically, our streaming data shows that Spanish and Korean language music are the most popular when taking a look at the top 10,000 most streamed songs (audio and video combined) during the first half of 2023,B次元官网网址 says Jaime Marconette, LuminateB次元官网网址檚 senior director of music insights and industry relations.
B次元官网网址淔urthermore, Spanish-language musicB次元官网网址檚 share of that top 10,000 has grown 3.6% since 2021, while English-language musicB次元官网网址檚 share has dropped 4.2% in that same time,B次元官网网址 he says.
That is reflected in LuminateB次元官网网址檚 2023 Midyear Top Albums chart, where B次元官网网址榮 spring 2022 album still breaks the top 10 a year later (the chart factors in a combination of album sales, on-demand audio/visual sales, and digital track sales). When B次元官网网址渢op albumsB次元官网网址 are defined by physical and digital sales exclusively, K-pop dominates, taking up six of the top 10 spots.
B次元官网网址淜-pop fans are, unsurprisingly, some of the most enthusiastic fans across physical formats,B次元官网网址 Marconette says.
Luminate found that K-pop fans are 69% more likely to purchase vinyl and 46% more likely to purchase CDs than the average U.S. music listener in the next 12 months. One in four K-pop fans has purchased a cassette in the last 12 months.
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