Streaming pushed Spain’s record industry revenues up 4% to $158m in H1 2020… despite pandemic

‘The fact that the industry has proven to be resilient to the Covid crisis in the first half of 2020 is very rewarding.’
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A very positive sign: Music stream spending is rising in the US, even amid Coronavirus lockdown

News is in contrast to report out of Spain earlier this month
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Barcelona court orders internet providers in Spain to block access to seven torrent sites

One of the sites was making $1.3m profit a year, says Promusicae
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Spain’s recorded music market grew by less than 1% in first half of 2018

Marginal rise recorded despite 53% growth in revenues from subscription streaming
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Spain’s recorded music market grew in 2016… but by just €3.5m

Spain’s digital business exceeded €100m in 2016, representing 61% of the market, according to forecasts

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