In January 2012, digital music sales surpassed physical music sales for the first time ever, making up 50.3% of all music sales. Individual digital track sales have gone from 0 to 1.2 billion since 2000.
While revenue from recorded music sales has dropped 40% in the last decade, the revenue from the top 50 tours in North America has grown 40% - mainly due to a 39% increase in average ticket prices.
Over the past 8 years, the number of free music services has increased by 700%. As a result, free track listens exceed song purchases by 10x.
Justin Bieber's net worth is 10x bigger than President Obama. Despite his popularity, a Google search for Bieber will return 1.5x fewer results than Obama.
