Over 66% of all music listening in the US is now of catalog records, rather than new releases

According to MRC Data‘s new mid-year report, the six months to end of June 2021 saw catalog music’s share of total album consumption in the US rise to 66.4% (whereby ‘catalog’ reflects anything released over 18 months before a consumer made a purchase and/or pressed play).

Source: Over 66% of all music listening in the US is now of catalog records, rather than new releases