Digital Audio Insider did a nice analysis of figures posted by CD Baby on revenue received from various download services for the indie label product:
|
Download Store
|
Total Sales
|
Percent
|
|
Apple iTunes |
$2,892,913 |
66.48% |
|
iTunes-Europe |
$298,978 |
6.87% |
|
Rhapsody |
$261,785 |
6.02% |
|
iTunes-UK |
$230,481 |
5.30% |
|
MusicNet |
$111,700 |
2.57% |
|
MSN Music |
$97,337 |
2.24% |
|
iTunes-Canada |
$93,780 |
2.16% |
|
MusicMatch |
$85,399 |
1.96% |
|
Napster |
$67,243 |
1.55% |
|
iTunes-Japan |
$50,538 |
1.16% |
|
Emusic |
$35,876 |
0.82% |
Read the rest of the chart after the jump.
D.A.I. points out correctly that adding the various iTunes revenue together accounts for a whopping 82% of total sales and no other outlet even hitting double digits. CD Baby takes 9% of sales passing the rest on the the artists and indie labels. Thanks to Digital Audio Insider and kudos to CD Baby for being so open with their data.
|
Sony Connect |
$30,347 |
0.70% |
|
MP3tunes |
$21,017 |
0.48% |
|
AudioLunchbox |
$16,421 |
0.38% |
|
iTunes-Australia |
$15,048 |
0.35% |
|
BuyMusic |
$11,386 |
0.26% |
|
Puretracks |
$9,144 |
0.21% |
|
Napster-UK |
$5,472 |
0.13% |
|
Audiolunchbox Subscription |
$2,929 |
0.07% |
|
LoudEye |
$2,095 |
0.05% |
|
MusicNow |
$1,957 |
0.04% |
|
Napster-Canada |
$1,951 |
0.04% |
|
Mperia |
$1,805 |
0.04% |
|
NetMusic – DEAD |
$1,775 |
0.04% |
|
Weed |
$1,348 |
0.03% |
|
PassAlong |
$1,144 |
0.03% |
|
Viztas – DEAD |
$538 |
0.01% |
|
DigitalKiosk |
$484 |
0.01% |
|
CatchMusic – DEAD |
$462 |
0.01% |
|
DiscLogic – DEAD |
$229 |
0.01% |
|
RuleRadio |
$37 |
0.00% |
