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Latin music generated $627 million in gross revenues within the US within the first half of the 12 months.
That’s the headline stat from the Recording Business Affiliation of America’s (RIAA) Mid-Yr 2023 Latin Music Report, which, revealed Wednesday (September 27), reveals that on a retail foundation (cash spent on streaming subscriptions, in addition to bodily and digital music), Latin music revenues grew 14.8% YoY within the US in H1.
Latin music’s share of total US recorded music revenues grew from 7.1% within the first half of 2022 to a brand new excessive of 7.5% within the first half of 2023.
As reported final week, your complete US recorded music business generated USD $8.4 billion in gross revenues within the first six months of 2023, which was up 9.3% YoY.
The RIAA notes that its Latin music experiences now embody revenues from social media platforms corresponding to Fb, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts and as such, has revised its knowledge for 2022 to incorporate these sources, “along with different revisions”.
Even taking these revisions into consideration retrospectively, US Latin music revenues grew by $81 million YoY within the first half of 2023 – and are subsequently on the right track to develop by greater than $150 million YoY throughout the total calendar 12 months.
These new H1 Latin Music outcomes for 2023 observe a 12 months (2022) during which Latin music surpassed $1 billion in US recorded music income for the time (and claimed an 8% market share of streaming revenues).
Streaming codecs
Because of the continued international streaming success of Latin Music stars like Unhealthy Bunny and Peso Pluma, streaming continued to drive a majority of the expansion within the recorded music marketplace for Latin artists in the USA, accounting for 98% of complete revenues.
In response to the brand new RIAA knowledge, paid subscriptions comprised greater than two-thirds of complete Latin music revenues within the US in H1, and grew 23% YoY to succeed in $431.4 million.
The common variety of subscriptions via the primary six months of 2023 throughout all genres in the USA was 95.8 million, up 5.8 million YoY (in contrast with 90 million for H1 2022).
(In response to the RIAA, these subscription account figures exclude ‘limited-tier’ providers and rely multi-user plans as a single subscription.)
Advert-supported on-demand music streaming revenues (from providers like YouTube, the free model of Spotify, and social media platforms) continued to make up a bigger proportion of revenues for Latin music (23%) than for US recorded music total (10%).
Nevertheless, ad-supported on-demand streams of Latin Music revenues had been down 0.2% YoY, reaching $147.6 million in H1, which the RIAA notes displays “broader financial challenges within the promoting market”.
Revenues from digital and customised radio providers (corresponding to Pandora, SiriusXM, and web radio providers) grew 13% YoY to $36 million – rebounding from a 5% lower in 2022 – and making up 6% of complete Latin music revenues.
Elsewhere in H1, after rising in 2022, the bodily marketplace for Latin music (together with vinyl LPs, CDs and different bodily codecs) fell 37.1% YoY to succeed in a complete worth of $4.7 million versus $7.4 million in H1 2022 (see under).
Income generated from Vinyl albums of Latin music fell 41.1% YoY to $3.6 million in H1 2023, from $6 million in H1 2022.
Within the wider US market, revenues from bodily music codecs reached $882 million within the US in H1, up 5% YoY versus the prior 12 months.
Revenues from vinyl information within the wider US market grew 1% YoY or by $9.8 million, to $632.4 million, and accounted for 72% of bodily format revenues.
“US Latin music revenues reached an all-time excessive in 2022, and the expansion has continued mid-year into 2023.”
Rafael Fernandez, Jr, RIAA
Commenting on the brand new Latin Music Mid Yr Report, RIAA SVP, State Public Coverage & Business Relations Rafael Fernandez, Jr. mentioned: “US Latin music revenues reached an all-time excessive in 2022, and the expansion has continued mid-year into 2023.”
Added Fernandez: “This has been pushed by each the vitality of basic hits and chart-topping new releases which have influenced broader tradition and society.
“This sustained ardour for Latin music was on the coronary heart of this 12 months’s RIAA Honors, which celebrated Icon Gloria Estefan and Artist of the Yr Sebastián Yatra, alongside policymakers and executives who got here collectively to inform an All-American story concerning the energy of variety and new voices in music, politics and communities throughout the nation.”
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