the music streaming market | France

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The music streaming market includes all the platforms and players that allow streaming music online. The music streaming market is part of the giant that is the music industry, with the advent of new technologies pushing to changes in consumer habits, audio streaming has been able to make a very important place and especially very quickly in the music market, to the detriment of the physical sales (CDs, vinyls, ...).

Globally, music streaming revenue has grown by an average of 887% every year over 15 years (2005 - 2020) and the market is still not out of breath as it has grown by 20% between 2019 and 2020. In France streaming is following the same momentum, with an average annual growth of 45% between 2014 and 2020, without having been really impacted by the health crisis.

In France, the music streaming market is dominated by the two giants of the sector, Deezer and Spotify, but with the arrival of the GAFAs who are taking more and more market share with their platforms Apple Music, Youtube Music or Amazon Music

Despite the undeniable success of streaming, it is nevertheless subject to many controversies, with movements such as "Justice at Spotify" giving voice to the issue of artist remuneration by streaming platforms. With no regulations in place, this growing market is likely to undergo changes, especially in terms of regulations