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This report
is published by the European Music Observatory (EMOB).
Its purpose
is to provide a statistical overview of the principal areas of
activity of the music industries in the 17 countries of the European
Economic Area (EEA). The EEA is a free trade area consisting of
the 15 Member States of the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland.
The study focuses on the sales of recorded music and royalty payments
to European authors' societies. Most of the statistics concern
the year 1997 but some statistics for 1998 are also included.
This is the
first of a series of annual reports. Future reports will extend
their coverage to include such sectors of the music industry as
live music, musical instruments and sponsorship and subsidies.
This report
has been compiled for the European Music Observatory by Dave Laing
of the University of Westminster, London, U.K.
January
1999
Content
- The
Music Market of the European Economic Area
Section
1-A and section 1-B provide pan-European data
concerning the recorded music market and royalty payments
for the use of musical works. Statistical tables include
the sales of Compact Discs and music cassettes, ownership
of CD players, the national origins of European hit recordings
and the sources of royalty payments for performing rights
and mechanical rights.
- National
Music Markets of the EEA
Section
2 provides brief descriptions of each of the 17 national
music markets of the EEA.
- Other
European Music Markets
Section
3 provides brief descriptions of the music markets of
the 15 countries which have applied for membership of the
European Union.
The
sources of the information included in this report are given
at the foot of each table. The principal sources are the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
and the national authors' society of each country. Data
from the Top 100 recordings in Europe for 1997 and 1998
is reproduced from the magazine Music & Media.
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