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# Digital Music To Pass Physical In 2012 With Help From Pandora & Spotify [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/digital-music-to-pass-physical-in-2012-with-help-from-pandora-spotify-chart/
- Published: 2012-08-16T10:12:08.000Z
- Updated: 2012-08-16T10:12:08.000Z
- Description: For the first time, digital music revenue will surpass physical sales in the U.S. according to a study by Strategy Analytics. Streaming revenue from Pandora, Spotify and others, is on. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/digital-music-to-pass-physical-in-2012-with-help-from-pan
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For the first time, digital music revenue will surpass physical sales in the U.S. according to a study by Strategy Analytics. Streaming revenue from Pandora, Spotify and others, is on track to grow 4X as fast as downloads, ending 2012 at $413 million for streaming and $2.2 billion in download income. Physical sales are expected to fall another 9% this year.

Global digital music income is not expected to surpass physical until 2015, according to the study.

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"Streaming services will take over as the leading revenue growth engine for the music industry in 2012, generating an extra $311 million—$8 million more than downloads at $303 million," Ed Barton, director of digital media for Strategy Analytics told [ars](http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/08/spotify-and-pandora-to-help-digital-music-overtake-physical-in-2012/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader).