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0.3%

0.3% -- year over year sales growth rate for music industry (2012)

Name: Year Over Year Sales Growth Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-25

2012 · The New York Times

The New York Times reported that year-to-year music sales increased by 0.3 percent.

First increase in music sales since 1999

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0.3%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2012

Entity

music industry

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Strong, reliable evidence

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61/100 confidence

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The New York Times Primary Tier B

http://socialsteve.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/digital-marketing-strikes-disruptive-chords-for-the-musi… ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2012 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Digital Marketing Strikes Disruptive Chords for the Music Industry

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The New York Times · Original study ↗

Methodology

Reported by The New York Times; first increase in music sales since 1999

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music industry: 0.3% year over year sales growth rate. Source: The New York Times (2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/music-industry-sales-growth-2012

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