US Paid Streaming Growth Was Solid During H1 2025 — But Will ‘Free Streaming’ and Vinyl Rebound During the Year’s Second Half?

Yesterday, the RIAA pointed to all-time-high US recorded revenue for H1 2025, which delivered solid paid-listening growth. But do the positive top-level takeaways tell the whole music-market story? As is so often the case in the industry, the answer might be a matter of perspective and definitely involves a variety of moving parts. Most immediately, […]