The pop segment distinguishes between English and other-language pop, whose share of turnover in 2021 was 24.4 %, and German pop, which accounted for 3.6 % of turnover. Together, these two segments achieved 28 % of the music industry's total turnover, the lowest value since the beginning of the recording. Hip-hop had a share of 19.4 %, rock 17.7 %. Among the individually listed repertoire segments, classical music (1.9 %), jazz (1.5 %) and folk music (0.5 %) achieved the lowest turnover shares.
Children's products and dance recently increased their turnover shares by 2.3 percentage points each.
Note
The figures are based on turnover at end-user prices, including VAT, and cover music videos (physical, from 2003), downloads (from 2005), mobile (from 2006) and premium streaming (from 2015). Genre allocation according to PHONONET product registration. In some cases, the annual figures include data based on corrections made in subsequent issues of Musikindustrie in Zahlen.
Footnotes
- From 2018 without audio books.
- ‘Pop’ includes all pop music in English and other languages, which may stem from German musicians. ‘German pop’ refers to pop music in the German language.
- Incl. German-language rock, English-language rock, metal and punk.
- Incl. crossovers.
- Incl. sound tracks/film music, country, instrumental music, Christmas releases, comedy and musicals.
Source information
Various annual issues of Musikindustrie in Zahlen, ed. Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
