Library Guides: Industry Guide: Entertainment: Music

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Greg Fleming
Emily Treptow

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Subjects: Business, Economics

Statista This link opens in a new window
Publishes a detailed Industry Dossier on the music industry
Statista collects data from a broad range of government and commercial sources. Data can be downloaded in Excel or pre-formatted for PowerPoint. Statista also includes reports from market research companies.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
IBISWorld has market research and analysis on over 700 industries.
Mintel Academic This link opens in a new window
Market research on U.S. consumer markets.
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Detailed statistics on sales are be difficult to find. These trade associations are the most widely cited sources.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista collects data from a broad range of government and commercial sources. Data can be downloaded in Excel or pre-formatted for PowerPoint. Statista also includes reports from market research companies.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Includes some journals on music that aren't covered by business databases.
The database covers musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, analysis, composition, instruments and voice, performance practice and notation, liturgy, dance, aesthetics, criticism, music therapy and education, and iconography.