The definitive source of data for the recorded music industry during 2022.
An annual report available in PDF with Excel tables containing a wealth of detailed data.
The IFPI's Global Music Report 2023 was published on March 21st 2023. It contains a detailed assessment of the recorded music industry for the calendar year 2022. The report features extensive and authoritative data for the global industry and across fifty-eight individual markets.
For bespoke data requests, please contact ritco@ifpi.org for a quote.
The full Data and Analysis Report:
The Data and Analysis Report features:
Not all information listed is available for every country. Contact ritco@ifpi.org if you have a query on which data points are available for a specific country.
Full table of contents | Download |
Excel Spreadsheet contents |
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Sample country page |
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Sample Excel spreadsheet | Download |
Methodology and Sources | Download |
In addition to the full Data and Analysis Report, IFPI provides valuable additional content. The following material is now available in every package:
Three packages are available, depending on your type of organisation. Each package includes the same materials.
Premium: available to any organisation, company, or individual.
Recorded Music Industry: available to entities whose primary activity is the creation / production / publishing of music recordings. Music retailers or digital service providers do not typically qualify for this package. The Recorded Music Industry package will not be delivered automatically after purchase but only following verification of status which will be at IFPI’s discretion.
Academic or non-profit: available to buyers from academic institutions (eg libraries or research institutions) or non-profit organisation. This package will not be delivered automatically after purchase but only following verification of status which will be at IFPI’s discretion.
Feature | Premium | Recorded Music Industry |
Academic / non-profit |
Licence | Organisation-wide | Organisation-wide | Site-wide |
Full Data and Analysis Report in PDF | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
PowerPoint presentation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Full Excel tables for 50+ countries | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Hard copy | First copy optional on request | First copy optional on request | First copy optional on request |
Additional hard copies (email for more detail) | £150 | £150 | £150 |
Price | £16,500 | £3,000 | £3,000 |
Please read the Content Usage Rules and the general Terms of Use for the Global Music Report.
Internal Use
Purchasing the IFPI Global Music Report through this site allows permitted users to use the material or data contained in the IFPI Global Music Report (including the data in the Data and Analysis section, the Excel spreadsheet add-on and the accompanying PowerPoint slides) in any material that does not go outside the user's organisation, subject to the Terms of Use and the Content Usage Rules.
External Use
Any external use of data or material from the Data and Analysis section of the IFPI Global Music Report requires an External Use Licence for which a fee of £25,000 is payable. This licence covers the terms under which data or material from the Data and Analysis section of the IFPI Global Music Report can be used in items such as reports, publications, or presentations which go outside your organisation.
The External Use Licence covers activities such as citing data or material from the Data and Analysis section in external reports, publications, or presentations; using the data in derivative works (for instance, building a forecasting model) which are then used externally; or using the data or material when providing services to third parties, such as in databases and dashboards.
The External Use Licence covers the material and data in the Data and Analysis section of the IFPI Global Music Report, the Excel add on spreadsheets, and the PowerPoint summary.
If you have an enquiry about the Global Music Report, please get in touch at ritco-licensing@ifpi.org.