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National productions continue to make up a large part of the German longplay charts. International productions are becoming more popular again.

In 2019 and 2020, national productions dominated the German singles charts. Most recently, the ratio of national and international productions was balanced.

Almost 239,000 pop and classical recordings were available on the German music market in 2022, 73 % of which were audio albums in the pop segment. About 14,500 titles were new releases.

Pop music achieved the largest share of music industry's turnover in 2022, though significantly less than in the noughties. The hip-hop and rock genres were also strong in terms of turnover.

For decades rock and pop music have been the favourite genres of every age group. The scene has an extremely diverse local infrastructure.

Der Tonträgermarkt wurde in den letzten zehn Jahren stark durch die Digitalisierung geprägt. Dies zeigt sich anhand von Umsatzentwicklungen, Vertriebskanälen und Hörerprofilen.