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# Sony Music Falls Flat A Streaming Growth Tumbles
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/sony-music-falls-flat-a-streaming-growth-tumbles/
- Published: 2019-04-26T09:23:32.000Z
- Updated: 2019-04-26T09:23:32.000Z
- Description: Sony Music Entertainment reported flat sales of $7.20 billion for the last year. Profits almost doubled to $2.08 billion, reflecting the consolidation of EMI Publishing. But for the current year,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/04/sony-music-falls-flat-a-streaming-growth-tumb
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

[![Sony-Music-logo-wordmark](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4578781200c-200wi "Sony-Music-logo-wordmark")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4578781200c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Sony Music Entertainment reported flat sales of $7.20 billion for the last year. Profits almost doubled to $2.08 billion, reflecting the consolidation of EMI Publishing. But for the current year, the company forecast far lower profits of $1.20 billion.Sony attributed the poor results to lower physical sales and a new accounting standard. But streaming growth also slowed, with revenue from streaming up just 15.3% to $2.04 billion. That's a far cry from the 40% increase in 2018\. Streaming now accounts for 53.3% of Sony's recorded music revenues.Physical music revenues fell 33.7% to $801 million. Competitor Warner Music Group recently posted a small increase in physical sales.Travis Scott’s Astroworld was Sony’s biggest seller during the financial year, followed by albums from Camila Cabello, Luke Combs, George Ezra, Calvin Harris and Khalid.