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MUSIC · FORMAT SHIFT · 2013–2017
Watch digital overtake physical music in Malaysia
IFPI's Malaysia trade-value data shows physical recorded-music revenue shrinking while digital revenue expands from 2013 through 2017.
SHOW ME THE DATA2013 → 2017 · trade value · US$ million
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2013 — 2017
RIM
SourceIFPI / hosted by Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)
2013
1Digital12
2Performance rights12
3Physical6
4Synchronisation0
201320132017
RIMIFPI / hosted by Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)Values: trade value · US$ million
SourceIFPI / hosted by Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) ↗2018HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Between 2013 and 2017, Malaysia's digital recorded-music trade value rose while physical revenue fell sharply.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita reproduces IFPI's Malaysia recorded-music revenue by sector in US$ trade value. Physical, digital, performance-rights and synchronisation revenues are kept in the report's published currency for a like-for-like sector comparison.
- Physical revenue fell from US$6.2 million in 2013 to US$1.5 million in 2017.
- Digital revenue rose from US$12.0 million in 2013 to US$19.3 million in 2017.
- Performance-rights revenue is a separate category and should not be interpreted as streaming revenue.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceIFPI Global Music Report 2018 · Malaysia
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces IFPI's Malaysia recorded-music revenue by sector in US$ trade value. Physical, digital, performance-rights and synchronisation revenues are kept in the report's published currency for a like-for-like sector comparison.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEfirst party primary
COVERAGE2013 → 2017
UNITtrade value · US$ million
SOURCEfirst party publication
UPDATED2018