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Music sales in Spain rise for the third year in a row, this time 1.7% up
Digital business exceeds 100 million euros and represents 61% of the market. Paying streaming surpasses the million subscribers base in 2016. Physical format resist: vinyl sales grow and CD remains.

Sounds from Spain announces the bands present at South by South west 2017
SOUNDS FROM SPAIN will lend its support to six bands from Spain in the upcoming edition of South by South West which will take place in March 2017 in Austin, Texas.

Sounds from Spain, first time to be present at BIME with a great networking meeting and showcase
Carlos Sadness, Nunatak and Sonido Vegetal will offer their Music on Thursday 27th. Same day, representatives of 13 Spanish companies will meet with more than 20 international experts.

IFPI consumer research spotlights subscription, mobile, young fans and video streaming
Music Consumer Insight Report 2016: survey conducted by Ipsos across 13 countries worldwide.

Music sales rise 4% in Spain during first half 2016
Digital market accounts for two thirds of the total market thanks to success of premium subscriptions Enrique Iglesias’ ‘Duele el corazón’ is most played song this year.

The judge orders blocking music pirate website Goear.com
This is the third and definitive judicial setback to this Dutch company that offered illegitimately huge amounts of unauthorized music.

IFPI press release: Global Music Revenues increase 3.2% as Digital Revenues overtake Physical for the first time
-Digital revenues contribute 45 per cent of industry revenues; overtake physical’s 39 per cent share -Streaming revenues up 45.2 per cent, helping to drive 3.2 per cent global growth -Music consumption.

La Coalición: Data from the 2015 Observatory of Piracy and of Consumption Habits of Digital Content
Piracy does not ease Illegal access rises in TV shows, videogames, leisure books and football. Number of citizens pirating content increases on the face of the lack of legal consequences.

Digital rise boosts almost 7% music sales in Spain 2015
- Alejandro Sanz’s Sirope tops Albums year sales Chart- Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias’ El Perdón leads the songs Chart.

Artists and Record Companies Need A Fair Digital Marketplace
Frances Moore, chief executive, IFPI.

Music sales rise 11% in Spain thanks to the streaming momentum
Digital sales already account for 54% of the recorded music market in H1 2015.

IFPI publishes Recording Industry in Numbers - an essential guide to the global music market
IFPI today publishes its annual Recording Industry in Numbers, providing comprehensive data for almost 50 territories and in-depth analysis of industry and consumer trends across the global recorded music.