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MUSIC · MALAYSIA
Malaysia's music industry finally beat its 1996 revenue record
RIM reported RM339 million in Malaysian music-industry revenue for 2024, above both 2023 and the previous record set in 1996.
SHOW ME THE DATA1996 → 2024 · industry revenue · RM million
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA TIMELINE1996 — 2024
RIM
SourceRecording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)
1996315industry revenue · RM million
315
RIMRecording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)industry revenue · RM million
SourceRecording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) ↗10 Feb 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
RIM reported RM339 million in 2024, compared with RM304 million in 2023 and the old RM315 million record from 1996.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita reproduces the three revenue figures explicitly reported in RIM's 2024 Year-in-Review: the old 1996 record, 2023 revenue and 2024 revenue.
- RIM reported RM339 million of industry revenue in 2024, up 11.5% from RM304 million in 2023.
- The previous nominal record was RM315 million in 1996.
- These nominal revenue figures are not adjusted for inflation.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceRIM 2024 Year-in-Review
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces the three revenue figures explicitly reported in RIM's 2024 Year-in-Review: the old 1996 record, 2023 revenue and 2024 revenue.
- 3Published visualTimeline
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEfirst party primary
COVERAGE1996 → 2024
UNITindustry revenue · RM million
SOURCEfirst party publication
UPDATED10 Feb 2025