By Randi Zimmerman, Content Specialist, Symphonic Latin America was one of the fastest-growing recorded music regions in 2024, with revenue up 22.5%. Today, the region continues to shape global pop, […]
Tag: Argentina
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Spotify hails growth in cumbia music for Argentinian listeners
Cumbia has been one of the most interesting music genres in the world in terms of its evolution over the past century, especially as it spread from its origins in […]
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Spotify expands its ‘Mi Primer Escenario’ contest to Argentina
Two separate announcements from Spotify this week offer a glimpse at its activity around emerging artists in different parts of the world. Argentina is the new frontier for a ‘Mi Primer […]
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ADA inks FaroLatino deal to focus more on Latin American music
Warner Music Group’s ambitions to expand its focus on the ‘high-potential’ markets of the music world continue. Its latest announcement focuses on Latin American music, with a strategic partnership between […]
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Argentina’s music industry trumpets its 8.2% growth in 2023
Although you’ll need to be able to read Spanish to get the most out of Argentinian body Capif’s latest report, you can certainly catch the gist from Sony Music president […]
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Casa Spotify Buenos Aires opens up for creators in Argentina
Spotify has opened a new facility for musicians and podcasters in Argentina’s capital city. Casa Spotify Buenos Aires includes a podcast studio, listening rooms and an ‘acoustic performance space’, and […]
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Country Profile – Argentina 2022
Argentina’s economic problems make it hard to accurately assess the strength of its recorded music business. But the rise of local acts suggests the outlook is positive.
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Country Profile – Argentina 2020
COVID-19 is particularly impacting the performance rights income that makes up a significant part of the Argentinian music industry revenue… but streaming is serving as something of a silver lining.
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Country Profile – Argentina 2017
In a rapidly growing region for music, Argentina is a difficult country to assess, with its increasing music revenue against a backdrop of high rates of inflation
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Music Ally Report 397 – One Inflation Under a Groove
Lead: The price of a subscription service sits at a psychologically attractive $£€9.99 monthly fee and that helps hook users. The problem, however, is that this price point solidified in the […]
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Country profile – Argentina 2016
Argentina’s rate of inflation is so erratic that it gives a very skewed reading of what is and isn’t happening in the territory in terms of the persistence of physical […]
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Music Ally Report 364 – Music’s ARPU SNAFU
Our cover feature picks apart the IFPI’s numbers for digital music revenues globally in 2014. The headline is the milestone for digital which is finally delivering the same value to the record industry as physical at the global level. But we focus on the underlying story of streaming and the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) associated with different streaming models. The ARPU across subscription streaming services is not that impressive when you take into account the free users as well as paying users but the ARPU for purely free ad-funded services – i.e. YouTube – is much lower.