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Latin music in the U.S. has increased in popularity and value over the last eight years, outpacing overall recorded music each year across this period of strong growth.

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Setting the rhythm last week with an overall U.S. music mid-year revenue report, the Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) today released updated genre-specific data.

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Latin music continues to rise – powering the overall music market and reporting its highest revenue figure in history last year at $886 million. 

In 2021, recorded music revenues in the United States grew 23% to $15.0 billion at estimated retail value. All major formats of music grew versus the prior year with the exception of digital downloads. Paid subscriptions continued to be the biggest growth driver, resulting in the sixth consecutive year of growth for music revenues.

Revenues for Latin music in the U.S. grew 37% to $407 million in the first half of 2021 (1H 2021), continuing their recovery. Latin music’s growth outpaced that of overall U.S. music revenues, growing in share to 5.8%.