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Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780906154342

Widely recognised as the definitive data source for the UK record industry, the 2013 edition of the BPI Yearbook has just been published. Now in its 34th edition it runs to 94 pages of stats, charts and commentary on the recorded music business, including: How industry income stacks up, including the growing part played by sectors such as subscription and ad-supported streamingThe success of domestic artists in 2012, both at home and abroadWhich genres fared best in the 2012 albums and singles marketsThe stats behind the charts - how many sales were required for a top 10 hit and what part catalogue sales playedAn in-depth look at the burgeoning compilations marketThe role of gifting in the albums market in 201