Consumption and supply of music
How has the development in sales of recorded music progressed? Is most music sold digitally or physically? And how many registered musical works are there? This set of statistics highlights the consumption and supply of recorded music and live music., Recorded music sales, The figure shows the recorded music sales by distribution format, that is, whether the music was sold as downloads, streaming, or physical media., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Revenue from the sale of recorded music (MUSIK1), More about the figure, Last update, 16.6.2025, Next update, 31.8.2026, Source data, The statistics Trade with music rights are based on data from the record companies' trade association (IFPI) and the organizations Koda and Gramex which manages rights payments., Sales of music works are determined as the music companies' total turnover from physical sales, digital downloads and streaming. The numbers are reported to Statistics Denmark by IFPI. IFPI is the international trade association for record companies. Their statistics are generally given high credibility. The nationality of the works is also part of the report from IFPI. Where the composer is domiciled outside Denmark, these are international repertoire. Is the composer based in Denmark, the repertoire is considered to be Danish. It is a requirement that the recordings mainly are carried out by Danish artists or by artists resident in Denmark for the case of Danish repertoire. An album can be described as Danish if at least 75 per cent of the tracks meet the conditions for being Danish repertoire., Payment for the rights to composers and songwriters every time their musical work played in public. These rights are handled by Koda. There are also paid for composer and songwriter rights when the music recorded on CDs, tapes, film, video and other sound carriers. These so-called mechanical rights are handled by the NCB. Gramex represents the rights of the performing artists and the record companies when a work of music is played in public. Finally, the copying of music and the sale of blank media that can subsequently be used for copying, an exercise of rights. These rights are handled by Copydan. The rights payments come from central and authoritative sources. Koda has a state concession to manage music rights and collects information on music played publicly in Denmark. Data is used to calculate the remuneration of the right holders and is assessed to be of high quality., The number of musical works is based on Koda's reports regarding the number of registered musical works. Musical works with at least one right holder that is a member of Koda is included. At this time, it is not possible to distinguish between songs and other forms of musical works. Musical works here include ringtones, advertising music, background music in e.g. films or TV series, and music that has never been published. Data has been corrected retroactively for the period 2000-2015. In 2015, Koda changed its definition of what a Koda piece of music is. Previously, a work was understood to be a Koda work if a majority of the copyright holders were KODA members. Since 2015, all musical works where at least one copyright holder is a member of Koda are considered a Koda work, . In 2015, works that had previously not been considered Koda works were thus included as Koda musical works, which also included musical works from back in time. To handle the definition change, imputation has been made for 2015 based on the number of new Koda works in 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. The difference between the imputed number of new registered musical works in 2015 and the original number of newly registered works due to the definition change has been equally distributed over the years 1926-2014. The time series has been corrected for this change with a recalculation of the number of works back to 2000, which is the first year of the statistics, so that the works between 1926 and 1999 are included for the year 2000., The number of musical authors is calculated on the basis of a special data delivery that contains registered musical works and information about the rights holders. Data contains the social security number (cpr.nr) on the authors who are not record labels etc., which makes it possible to enrich data via Statistics Denmark's population register., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Trade with Music Rights, Revenue from music sales, The table shows the revenue for authors (songwriters and composers) and music publishers from music sales and other rights payments., Revenue for authors and publishers from music sales, Unit: , DKK, 2022, 2023, 2024, Autor, Region Hovedstaden, 168,727,202, 143,089,372, 159,161,744, Region Sjælland, 15,089,290, 9,107,118, 14,473,805, Region Syddanmark, 12,184,534, 13,743,367, 14,955,291, Region Midtjylland, 28,766,246, 24,932,104, 28,358,308, Region Nordjylland, 4,189,827, 3,562,383, 4,495,825, Region unknown, 17,574,919, 14,266,757, 21,049,352, Publisher, Region Hovedstaden, 140,979,921, 154,210,330, 96,412,773, Region Sjælland, 5,190,127, 641,757, 3,820,073, Region Syddanmark, 2,560,394, 402,778, 1,042,985, Region Midtjylland, 4,637,924, 1,410,420, 2,692,551, Region Nordjylland, 701,608, 306,794, 1,564,930, Region unknown, 276,491,902, 113,148,341, 205,606,997, In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Income by sale of music (MUSIK3), More about the figure, Last update, 24.6.2025, Next update, 31.8.2026, Source data, The statistics Trade with music rights are based on data from the record companies' trade association (IFPI) and the organizations Koda and Gramex which manages rights payments., Sales of music works are determined as the music companies' total turnover from physical sales, digital downloads and streaming. The numbers are reported to Statistics Denmark by IFPI. IFPI is the international trade association for record companies. Their statistics are generally given high credibility. The nationality of the works is also part of the report from IFPI. Where the composer is domiciled outside Denmark, these are international repertoire. Is the composer based in Denmark, the repertoire is considered to be Danish. It is a requirement that the recordings mainly are carried out by Danish artists or by artists resident in Denmark for the case of Danish repertoire. An album can be described as Danish if at least 75 per cent of the tracks meet the conditions for being Danish repertoire., Payment for the rights to composers and songwriters every time their musical work played in public. These rights are handled by Koda. There are also paid for composer and songwriter rights when the music recorded on CDs, tapes, film, video and other sound carriers. These so-called mechanical rights are handled by the NCB. Gramex represents the rights of the performing artists and the record companies when a work of music is played in public. Finally, the copying of music and the sale of blank media that can subsequently be used for copying, an exercise of rights. These rights are handled by Copydan. The rights payments come from central and authoritative sources. Koda has a state concession to manage music rights and collects information on music played publicly in Denmark. Data is used to calculate the remuneration of the right holders and is assessed to be of high quality., The number of musical works is based on Koda's reports regarding the number of registered musical works. Musical works with at least one right holder that is a member of Koda is included. At this time, it is not possible to distinguish between songs and other forms of musical works. Musical works here include ringtones, advertising music, background music in e.g. films or TV series, and music that has never been published. Data has been corrected retroactively for the period 2000-2015. In 2015, Koda changed its definition of what a Koda piece of music is. Previously, a work was understood to be a Koda work if a majority of the copyright holders were KODA members. Since 2015, all musical works where at least one copyright holder is a member of Koda are considered a Koda work, . In 2015, works that had previously not been considered Koda works were thus included as Koda musical works, which also included musical works from back in time. To handle the definition change, imputation has been made for 2015 based on the number of new Koda works in 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. The difference between the imputed number of new registered musical works in 2015 and the original number of newly registered works due to the definition change has been equally distributed over the years 1926-2014. The time series has been corrected for this change with a recalculation of the number of works back to 2000, which is the first year of the statistics, so that the works between 1926 and 1999 are included for the year 2000., The number of musical authors is calculated on the basis of a special data delivery that contains registered musical works and information about the rights holders. Data contains the social security number (cpr.nr) on the authors who are not record labels etc., which makes it possible to enrich data via Statistics Denmark's population register., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Trade with Music Rights, Audience at concerts, This figure shows the development in the number of people attending concerts., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on The number of audiences for concerts (LIVMUS01), More about the figure, Last update, 9.12.2025, Next update, 19.8.2026, Source data, The statistics is based on crediting data from KODA, reports from regional venues, regional orchestras and operationally supported music festivals to the Palaces and Culture Agency, as well as manual collection of information about music festivals from the festivals and other relevant websites., Major music festivals are identified by combining different sources, e.g. , Gaffa, , [All Insights Festival rapport] ( https://all-insights.dk/festival-rapport/) and other sources lile [Shareboks] ( https://shareboks.dk/stoerste-festivaler-i-danmark/). The number of concerts and audiences held is collected manually from the festivals and other relevant websites., Information about industry, sector, etc. obtained from Statistics Denmark , Company Statistics, ., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Live music, Concerts, The figure shows the number of concerts distributed by type of concert organizer., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Number of concerts (LIVMUS02), More about the figure, Last update, 9.12.2025, Next update, 19.8.2026, Source data, The statistics is based on crediting data from KODA, reports from regional venues, regional orchestras and operationally supported music festivals to the Palaces and Culture Agency, as well as manual collection of information about music festivals from the festivals and other relevant websites., Major music festivals are identified by combining different sources, e.g. , Gaffa, , [All Insights Festival rapport] ( https://all-insights.dk/festival-rapport/) and other sources lile [Shareboks] ( https://shareboks.dk/stoerste-festivaler-i-danmark/). The number of concerts and audiences held is collected manually from the festivals and other relevant websites., Information about industry, sector, etc. obtained from Statistics Denmark , Company Statistics, ., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Live music, Registered works of music, The figure shows the development in the number of registered musical works where at least one rights holder is a KODA member. KODA manages royalty payments for composers, songwriters, and music publishers in Denmark. Musical works include songs, ringtones, commercial music, background music in films or TV series, as well as music that has never been released., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Registered musical works (MUSIK5), More about the figure, Last update, 16.6.2025, Next update, 31.8.2026, Source data, The statistics Trade with music rights are based on data from the record companies' trade association (IFPI) and the organizations Koda and Gramex which manages rights payments., Sales of music works are determined as the music companies' total turnover from physical sales, digital downloads and streaming. The numbers are reported to Statistics Denmark by IFPI. IFPI is the international trade association for record companies. Their statistics are generally given high credibility. The nationality of the works is also part of the report from IFPI. Where the composer is domiciled outside Denmark, these are international repertoire. Is the composer based in Denmark, the repertoire is considered to be Danish. It is a requirement that the recordings mainly are carried out by Danish artists or by artists resident in Denmark for the case of Danish repertoire. An album can be described as Danish if at least 75 per cent of the tracks meet the conditions for being Danish repertoire., Payment for the rights to composers and songwriters every time their musical work played in public. These rights are handled by Koda. There are also paid for composer and songwriter rights when the music recorded on CDs, tapes, film, video and other sound carriers. These so-called mechanical rights are handled by the NCB. Gramex represents the rights of the performing artists and the record companies when a work of music is played in public. Finally, the copying of music and the sale of blank media that can subsequently be used for copying, an exercise of rights. These rights are handled by Copydan. The rights payments come from central and authoritative sources. Koda has a state concession to manage music rights and collects information on music played publicly in Denmark. Data is used to calculate the remuneration of the right holders and is assessed to be of high quality., The number of musical works is based on Koda's reports regarding the number of registered musical works. Musical works with at least one right holder that is a member of Koda is included. At this time, it is not possible to distinguish between songs and other forms of musical works. Musical works here include ringtones, advertising music, background music in e.g. films or TV series, and music that has never been published. Data has been corrected retroactively for the period 2000-2015. In 2015, Koda changed its definition of what a Koda piece of music is. Previously, a work was understood to be a Koda work if a majority of the copyright holders were KODA members. Since 2015, all musical works where at least one copyright holder is a member of Koda are considered a Koda work, . In 2015, works that had previously not been considered Koda works were thus included as Koda musical works, which also included musical works from back in time. To handle the definition change, imputation has been made for 2015 based on the number of new Koda works in 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. The difference between the imputed number of new registered musical works in 2015 and the original number of newly registered works due to the definition change has been equally distributed over the years 1926-2014. The time series has been corrected for this change with a recalculation of the number of works back to 2000, which is the first year of the statistics, so that the works between 1926 and 1999 are included for the year 2000., The number of musical authors is calculated on the basis of a special data delivery that contains registered musical works and information about the rights holders. Data contains the social security number (cpr.nr) on the authors who are not record labels etc., which makes it possible to enrich data via Statistics Denmark's population register., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Trade with Music Rights, Music genres listened to by the population, The chart shows who regularly listen to five selected music genres as a share of different age groups. The figures come from the Cultural Habits Survey, in which the population is asked about cultural and leisure activities, including which music genres they listen to regularly. Click ‘In Statbank Denmark…’ below the chart to view figures for additional genres, including electronic music and children’s music., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Consumption of music (KV2MK3), More about the figure, Last update, 4.3.2026, Next update, 5.3.2027, Source data, The Cultural Habits Survey data is compiled from questionnaire surveys among a random sample and from demographic information drawn from Statistics Denmark's population register. The random sample is drawn randomly with equal likelihood for each person in the population. Persons without a registered address in the Civil Registration System, with a town hall address or with a non-public address are not eligible to be drawn. Every quarter a sample of 15,100 persons is drawn. This sample is divided into four groups which each participant is assigned to with equal likeliness. The groups are used used to divide respondents across four different versions of the survey questionnaire., Survey questionnaire for the Cultural Habits Survey 2026 in Danish., The statistic on membership for youth and outdoor activities organisations is compiled on the basis of reports from the following organisations:, The Danish Scout Association, FDF - a Christian organisation for children and youth in Denmark, The Green Girl Guides in Denmark, YMCA Scouts in Denmark, Danish Baptist Scout Association, DUI-LEG og VIRKE - a children's association, DCU (Danish Camping Association), The Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Danish Association of Hunters, The Danish Horticultural Society, The Danish Ramblers' Association, DOF - The Danish Ornithological Society, Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cultural Habits Survey, Frequency of concert attendance, The figure shows how often the population attends classical and contemporary music concerts. The data comes from the Cultural Habits Survey, in which people are asked about their cultural and leisure activities, including questions about concert attendance., In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Consumption of concerts (KV2MK5), More about the figure, Last update, 4.3.2026, Next update, 5.3.2027, Source data, The Cultural Habits Survey data is compiled from questionnaire surveys among a random sample and from demographic information drawn from Statistics Denmark's population register. The random sample is drawn randomly with equal likelihood for each person in the population. Persons without a registered address in the Civil Registration System, with a town hall address or with a non-public address are not eligible to be drawn. Every quarter a sample of 15,100 persons is drawn. This sample is divided into four groups which each participant is assigned to with equal likeliness. The groups are used used to divide respondents across four different versions of the survey questionnaire., Survey questionnaire for the Cultural Habits Survey 2026 in Danish., The statistic on membership for youth and outdoor activities organisations is compiled on the basis of reports from the following organisations:, The Danish Scout Association, FDF - a Christian organisation for children and youth in Denmark, The Green Girl Guides in Denmark, YMCA Scouts in Denmark, Danish Baptist Scout Association, DUI-LEG og VIRKE - a children's association, DCU (Danish Camping Association), The Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Danish Association of Hunters, The Danish Horticultural Society, The Danish Ramblers' Association, DOF - The Danish Ornithological Society, Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cultural Habits Survey, On the statistics – documentation, sources and method, Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published., See the documentation of statistics to learn more:, Cultural Habits Survey, The purpose of the Cultural Habits Survey is to document the cultural habits of the residents of Denmark. Culture is broadly defined, as the survey covers habits within the topics of culture, media and recreational activities, e.g. concerts, performing arts, cinema, literature, exercise, digital games and hobbies. The survey has been carried out regularly since 1964. Statistics Denmark has carried out the survey from 2018-2023 and in 2024-, while previous surveys have been carried out by the Ministry of Culture. The survey has been carried out with a new questionnaire since the first quarter of 2024, and is therefore not directly comparable with previous versions., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Cultural Habits Survey, Live music, The purpose of the statistics Live music is to shed light on the activity around live music. The statistics show statements of concert organizers, concerts and the audience and include concerts with public access, where the musicians are remunerated for the performance of the musical works, and where the concerts are the main purpose of the audience's presence. The statistics have been compiled since 2020 and describe the activity around live music from 2018 to 2024., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Live music, Trade with Music Rights, The purpose of the statistics Trade with music rights is to estimate the sale of recorded music in the form of physical sales, downloads and streaming. In addition, the statistics calculate the extent of payments for the use of music for public play and by reproduction, as well as the property rights income for composers and performers. Statistics Denmark published the statistics for the first time in 2014. In 2023, the statistics were expanded with statistics on the number of registered musical works and the number of authors of music, who are copyright holders., Read more about sources, method and quality in the documentation of statistics on Trade with Music Rights, Need more data on Consumption and supply of music?, Go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find more detailed figures, for example which industries spend the most on purchasing music playback rights, and more., Go to the StatBank, Contact, Christian Max Gustaf Törnfelt, Phone: +45 21 63 60 20, Mail: , cht@dst.dk
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