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            "url": "https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/all\/ask-me-anything-002\/",
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            "content_html": "<p class=\"lead\">Discovering New Music, Gig Pricing, Beatport Improvement Ideas, and My Top Productivity Tip<\/p>\n<div class=\"artwork\"><div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/ama-002.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>The second instalment of the AMA series is here! In this episode,  I answer the following four questions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><i class=\"bi bi-unlock\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td><i>Whenever I look at your tracklists, I’m always amazed at how many new artists I discover thanks to your show, and it makes me wonder how you discover all those names and tracks in the first place. What does your process of finding new music look like?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i class=\"bi bi-lock\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td><i>I am a beginner DJ and I want to ask how much I should charge for my set to make it fair.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i class=\"bi bi-lock\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><i>If you were given the opportunity to make any changes Beatport, what would you change? (You can make several). What from this list is already in the backlog?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i class=\"bi bi-lock\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><i>What would be your number one tip for someone who wants to become more productive?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Preview:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-audio\">\n<div class=\"e2-text-super-wrapper e2-jouele-wrapper\"><a class=\"jouele\" data-space-control=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/open.acast.com\/public\/streams\/65c7eacd49412d0015245e45\/episodes\/6668bae7efa053001178db5c.mp3\">Daniel Sokolovskiy – Ask Me Anything 002 (Preview)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n",
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            "content_html": "<p>As a Beatport curator, every once in a while, I create DJ charts within the ongoing series titled Underground Trance Essentials to highlight some of the best tracks from the newly added Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic) genre. Whether they were released yesterday or a decade ago, these tracks unquestionably deserve appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>In this instalment, I featured music from Monophonik, Riva, DJ Ali, Shawn Cartier, Ryan James Ford, Komet99, Gabriola, Exotek, Frond, Maara, and Art Of Trance.<\/p>\n<p>Don’t miss out on this selection – take a listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/underground-trance-essentials-vol9\/802783\">beatport.com\/chart\/underground-trance-essentials-vol9\/802783<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/underground-trance-essentials-vol-9.jpeg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"791\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>I’m also curating a <a href=\"https:\/\/spotify.streamlink.to\/underground-trance-essentials\">Spotify playlist<\/a> featuring tracks from these charts, making it convenient to enjoy them all in one consolidated place.<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "Underground Trance Essentials Vol.6",
            "content_html": "<p>As a Beatport curator, every once in a while, I create DJ charts within the ongoing series titled Underground Trance Essentials to highlight some of the best tracks from the newly added Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic) genre. Whether they were released yesterday or a decade ago, these tracks unquestionably deserve appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>In this instalment, I featured music from Hedustma, Alan Backdrop, Lucinee, Oprofessionell, Repulsive Force, Ambeam, Incolumis, DECO 5000, Nordic Echoes, Facade, My Flower, and Darse.<\/p>\n<p>Don’t miss out on this selection – take a listen:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/underground-trance-essentials-vol6\/796457\">beatport.com\/chart\/underground-trance-essentials-vol6\/796457<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/underground-trance-essentials-vol-6.jpeg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"798\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>I’m also curating a <a href=\"https:\/\/spotify.streamlink.to\/underground-trance-essentials\">Spotify playlist<\/a> featuring tracks from these charts, making it convenient to enjoy them all in one consolidated place.<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "Музыкальные примеры жанров на Битпорте",
            "content_html": "<p>Как вы вероятно знаете, я <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/music-curator-beatport\/\">работаю музыкальным куратором в компании Beatport<\/a> и отвечаю за три трансовых жанра: Psy-Trance, Trance (Main Floor) и недавно добавленный Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic).<\/p>\n<p>Поскольку спорить о жанрах можно бесконечно, я создал плейлисты с аудиопримерами того, как их определяю я. Такое очень пригождается в работе с коллегами, дистрибьюторами, артистами и лейблами, но также может быть интересно для общего прослушивания и расширения кругозора.<\/p>\n<p>Собрал ниже ссылки на такие плейлисты для каждого поджанра. Интересно, есть ли что-то, что на ваш взгляд не соответствует классфицикации? А есть ли что-то, что открыли для себя новое? Какой жанр или поджанр нравится больше всего? Ну и вообще спрашивайте, если интересно что-то о жанрах и не только.<\/p>\n<p>Ну а лично я в очередной раз поражаюсь, насколько разнообразна транс-музыка (и просто безумие, что до моего прихода в компанию всех этих поджанров не было и всё было свалено в одну кучу).<\/p>\n<p><b>Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-raw-trance\/766893\">Raw Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-deep-trance\/766878\">Deep Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-hypnotic-trance\/766883\">Hypnotic Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Trance (Main Floor):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-trance\/792751\">Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-uplifting-trance\/766961\">Uplifting Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-tech-trance\/767674\">Tech Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-vocal-trance\/767007\">Vocal Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-hard-trance\/767679\">Hard Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-progressive-trance\/766971\">Progressive Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Psy-Trance:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psy-trance\/792770\">Psy-Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-progressive-psy\/792761\">Progressive Psy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psychedelic\/792790\">Psychedelic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-goa-trance\/792795\">Goa Trance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-dark-forest\/792793\">Dark & Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-full-on\/792828\">Full-On<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psycore-hi-tech\/792829\">Psycore & Hi-Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n",
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            "content_html": "<p>As you probably know, <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/music-curator-beatport\/\">I now work as a music curator at Beatport<\/a> and am responsible for three trance genres: Psy-Trance, Trance (Main Floor) and the recently added Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic).<\/p>\n<p>Since arguing about genres can be endless, I’ve created audio example playlists of how I define them. This comes in handy when working with colleagues, distributors, artists and labels, but can also be interesting for general listening and broadening your perspective.<\/p>\n<p>I’ve collected links to such playlists for each sub-genre below. I wonder if there’s anything you think doesn’t fit the classifications? Is there anything you’ve discovered that is new to you? What is your favourite genre or subgenre?<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I’m amazed once again at how diverse trance music is (and it’s just crazy that before I joined the company all these subgenres didn’t exist and everything was mixed in one pile).<\/p>\n<p>Trance (Raw \/ Deep \/ Hypnotic): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-raw-trance\/766893\">Raw Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-deep-trance\/766878\">Deep Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-hypnotic-trance\/766883\">Hypnotic Trance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trance (Main Floor):, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-trance\/792751\">Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-uplifting-trance\/766961\">Uplifting Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-tech-trance\/767674\">Tech Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-vocal-trance\/767007\">Vocal Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-hard-trance\/767679\">Hard Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-progressive-trance\/766971\">Progressive Trance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psy-Trance: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psy-trance\/792770\">Psy-Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-progressive-psy\/792761\">Progressive Psy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psychedelic\/792790\">Psychedelic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-goa-trance\/792795\">Goa Trance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-dark-forest\/792793\">Dark & Forest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-full-on\/792828\">Full-On<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/chart\/audio-examples-psycore-hi-tech\/792829\">Psycore & Hi-Tech<\/a><\/p>\n",
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            "content_html": "<p>Following the launch of the new Trance genre on Beatport, I have written up a behind-the-scenes look into the definition of these Raw, Deep, and Hypnotic trance sub-genres. A massive thanks to the team and artists for their contribution and for making this article happen.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/features\/take-a-deep-dive-into-beatports-new-trance-genre\/\">beatportal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/Beatportal-trance-article.jpeg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"995\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n",
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            "title": "My decision-making process behind curation at Beatport",
            "content_html": "<p>One of the things I do now as a <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/music-curator-beatport\/\">music curator at Beatport<\/a> is to feature releases on the store. Every week I listen to thousands of tracks (literally) and decide whether to feature each or not. And since featuring placements are very limited, I have to decide thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>If you think about it, that’s thousands of micro-decisions to make every week. I started to analyse some common patterns in my decision-making process, and I thought I would share my observations with you.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 720px;\"><div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/beatport-trance-page-featured.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1485\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>Here are some of the things that I pay attention to:<\/p>\n<p><b>Production.<\/b> I use production as a broad term to describe the overall quality of sound design, arrangement, mixdown and all other nuances that form <i>how<\/i> a track sounds. Sometimes a track has some decent musical ideas, but how does it sound? Would it be played well in a DJ mix? Would it hold up on a big sound system in a club? Since the electronic dance music genres I deal with are predominantly made for the dancefloors and play a big role in the DJ culture, these questions are essential. In 2016 I published a post where I gave my insights into what I think is <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/criteria-of-professional-production-part1\/\">the criteria of professional productions<\/a>, and it’s still relevant.<\/p>\n<p><b>Novelty.<\/b> To me, novelty is something that makes a track stand out. Let’s say there are a hundred amazing-sounding tracks in terms of production, how would you choose just one among them? It doesn’t have to be something entirely new per se, but there must be something to it, some idea, a musical or any other cleverly-made part.<\/p>\n<p><b>Trends.<\/b> Genres always blend, evolve and emerge. I love noticing such changes, and I believe it’s a part of my job to reflect those changes as an answer to the community’s needs. But oftentimes, finding future trends means actually going against the current trend. As a curator, I’m trying to be proactive, and sometimes I highlight tracks that are odd. Tracks that are different from what is called <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/music-standards\/\">music standards<\/a> of a particular genre. I’m trying to be open-minded and willing to embrace experiments, and who knows, maybe a track that sounds weird today will become the next big thing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Diversity.<\/b> I think diversity in a broad sense makes the global phenomenon of electronic music so interesting, so I’m trying to reflect the communities we serve, including people and music from all different genders and backgrounds. This is how the music culture evolves, and I’m doing my best to nurture it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Release type.<\/b> As an artist, I know what it takes to make an album. Sometimes artists work on their albums for years. So while a sheer quantity of tracks is never a factor for a feature, I might prioritise an album over a single, if everything I’ve talked about above is also true. It’s just more proportionate to the efforts and it feels right.<\/p>\n<p>This list is not definitive by any means, but I hope it helps to provide at least some insights!<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "New role: music curator at Beatport",
            "content_html": "<p>Starting today, I’m officially joining the Beatport team and taking on the role of music curator.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 720px;\"><div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/beatport-logo-main-green.png\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>Beatport is a transatlantic corporation known by DJs worldwide as a credible source of fresh electronic dance music and the best store, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/\">Beatport.com<\/a>. Besides the DJ store and its streaming service, the company’s assets include the plugins store Plugin Boutique, samples service Loopcloud, the distribution platform Ampsuite, and other music tools and services.<\/p>\n<p>As a curator, I’ll be overseeing two big genres in the DJ store: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/genre\/trance\/7\">Trance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/genre\/psy-trance\/13\">Psytrance<\/a>; assigning tracks to the right styles; featuring playlists; making editorial picks; tracking analytics; collaborating with labels and doing lots more.<\/p>\n<p>Being a professional DJ, I’ve been an active Beatport user for over a decade, so I’m very happy to join the team and contribute my knowledge and expertise to the growth of the global electronic dance music community.<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "How much I earned on the album sales",
            "content_html": "<p class=\"lead\">Behind the scenes in facts and numbers<\/p>\n<p>Last year I released <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/2000-years-ahead-album-is-out-now\/\">my second studio album 2000 Years Ahead<\/a>, my the most successful release to date.<\/p>\n<p>Success shows in different ways: followers’ growth, bookings, smiles on the dancefloor. But today I’d like to share specific numbers, and that is how I earned on the album sales. Just in time as I recently got a financial report from the label.<\/p>\n<h2>How many copies sold<\/h2>\n<p>The album was released in two formats: digital and physical. Label — Digital Om Production. At that time Bonzai Music was taking care of the digital distribution, whilst Arabesque Distribution for the CDs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"side-quote\">940 tracks and 140 CD copies sold so far<\/p>\n<p>For the first quarter, people downloaded 940 tracks and purchased 140 CD copies.<\/p>\n<p>Is that good enough or not?<\/p>\n<p>Let me answer with the fact: the album was #1 on Psyshop and #2 on Beatport top charts for the whole month:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/dsokolovskiy.com\/blog\/pictures\/2000-years-ahead-top-charts.jpg\" width=\"1603\" height=\"1113\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">“2000 Years Ahead” in the top sales charts. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bptoptracker.com\/release\/2000-years-ahead\/1922602\">bptoptracker.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall, the album spent 18 days in the top-10 and 69 days in the top-100 on Beatport. Sitting in the charts for more than two months considered as quite an achievement.<\/p>\n<h2>How much I’ve got<\/h2>\n<p main>Now comes the more interesting part. To be clear, all numbers below are <i>net<\/i>, i.e. after the deduction of the stores and distributors commission, which is roughly 50% depending on the platform and region. For example, when you see $1,99 retail price per track on Beatport, the real income from it is about $0,9. That’s the numbers I’m operating below.<\/p>\n<p aside>Stores take 20—50% cut from retail price<\/p>\n<p>So, this is what’ve got from all sources — digital sales (including streaming), physical sales and sublicensing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"width: 160px; display: block;\"><i>Revenue<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Digital sales<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">+€815<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Physical sales<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">+€610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Sublicensing<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">+€200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total revenue:<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><b>+€1625<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>A thousand and a six hundred euros sound nice, right?<\/p>\n<p>But revenue ≠ profit. The album also had some expenses on production and promotion that we have to take into account:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"width: 160px; display: block;\"><i>Expenses<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mastering<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">-€225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Artworks<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">-€200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CD printing<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">-€300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Logistics<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">-€100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marketing<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">-€100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total expenses:<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\"><b>-€925<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now let’s calculate the profit: €1625 <i>(revenue)<\/i> – €925 <i>(expenses)<\/i> = €700. But we’re not done yet since all profit splits between the artist and the label — that’s a typical deal in the industry. So, then: €700 \/ 2 = €350. And that is how much I earned before taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quote\">€350 is how much I’ve got a year later for the first quarter of sales<\/p>\n<div class=\"question\"><p><b>Added in 2021: <\/b> I want to emphasize that all numbers above are given for the first quarter of sales only since the release date. For the last two years since I wrote this post, my total net profit from the album is over <b>€1500<\/b>, mainly due to streaming.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Now we can make a few conclusions:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Once again I’ve got a confirmation of my own words that a music producer cannot make a living on the music sales alone. <a href=\"\/blog\/all\/the-truth-about-music-sales\/\">I’ve written about it earlier<\/a> and talked on my master class.<\/li>\n<li>Music release is not only income but also expenses. And whilst you may not gain profit at all, it will cost you something for sure.<br \/>\nIt’s important to mention that in my case the label took all expenses since we already worked together and I got a trustworthy reputation. Keep in mind that not every label would want to invest a thousand dollars if you are a new producer with a debut release.<\/li>\n<li>People still buy CDs!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why I’m telling this<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps, not everyone aware of that, but we actually have a problem in the music industry: many young producers expect to make a living on the debut release sales, then they see a financial report with a 2-digit number (or nothing, at all), start to accuse everyone around and eventually quit their career.<\/p>\n<p>I’m sad to see these things happen all the time and hence why I share my experience on how things work behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>I’d love to tell you that “I released my album and bought a house”, but the truth is after a year of hard work and a fantastic appearance in the charts, the album sales directly gave less than a monthly salary of a janitor. That’s the true story.<\/p>\n<p>That’s why you need to remove the pink glasses and start working hard — a something that musicians do not really like to do. And threat your music releases simply as a portfolio.<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus: stats<\/h2>\n<p>A financial report is not only about the money, it’s also a lot of juicy data. I’ll put some metrics that I find interesting down below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Digital sales, by store:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>Beatport<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iTunes<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Juno<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Music<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Digital sales, by country<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26 more countries<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Streaming, by service<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>Spotify<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apple Music<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Music<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iTunes<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deezer<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Streaming, by country<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-table\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mexico<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37 more countries<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n",
            "date_published": "2018-06-07T00:18:51+05:00",
            "date_modified": "2023-11-21T02:47:21+05:00",
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