2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS & DATABASE HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights

FACING THE MUSIC – A YEAR-OVER-YEAR LOOK AT DISCOGS• Nielsenreportsadropinthegrowthorphysicalsalesof-15.10%,whileDiscogsshowsanincreaseof9.14%.

• Themostpopularphysicalmusicformatsoldthisyearhasbeenvinyl,withanincreaseinsalesyear-over-year(+3.03%).However,CDshaveseenthemostgrowthinsales(+23.60%).

• Vinylbroughtin43%ofallDiscogssubmissionswithatotalof289,922.

• PinkFloyd’sTheDarkSideoftheMoonandWishYouWereHerewerethetoptwomostpopularMasterReleasesforthefirsthalfof2019,whilealsostealingthenumberonespotforMostWantedandMostCollectedalbum.

• Catalogsales(releases18-monthsandolder)haveincreased(+7.19%)overlastyear.

• ThemostpopulargenressoldintheDiscogsMarketplaceareRock,Electronic,andFunk/Soul.However,bothPop(+15.5%)andBrass&Military(+17.86%)genreshaveseenalargeyear-over-yearincreaseinsales.

CATALOG

NEW

2019 2018 % CHG.

5,384,739 5,023,614 7.19%

369,686 385,150 -4.02%

MOST POPULAR CATALOG* VS. NEW

Year-over-yearfiguresforCatalogandNewReleasesales.

*Catalogisdefinedasover18monthssincerelease.

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DATABASE FORMATS

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthetotalnumberofDiscogsDatabasesubmissions.

MOST POPULAR FORMATS

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthemostpopularformatssoldintheDiscogsMarketplace.

VINYL

CD

CASSETTE

TOTAL

2019 2018 % CHG.

4,348,614 4,220,920 3.03%

1,268,108 1,025,973 23.60%

105,580 97,444 8.35%

5,722,302 5,344,337 7.07%

VINYL

CD

CASSETTE

OTHER

TOTAL

2019 2018 % CHG.

289,874 308,269 -5.97%

215,486 229,803 -6.23%

63,885 66,038 -3.26%

102,687 90,096 13.98%

671,932 784,301 -14.33%

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MOST POPULAR GENRES

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthemostpopulargenressoldintheDiscogsMarketplace.

GENRE 2019 2018 % CHG.

ROCK 2,354,395 2,186,074 7.70%

ELECTRONIC 1,995,847 1,946,388 2.54%

FUNK/SOUL 689,070 658,126 4.70%

POP 696,811 603,310 15.50%

JAZZ 445,894 399,590 11.59%

HIP HOP 340,357 329,144 3.41%

FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY 296,274 261,743 13.19%

REGGAE 190,184 176,493 7.76%

STAGE & SCREEN 133,294 119,403 11.63%

BLUES 123,252 111,009 11.03%

CLASSICAL 113,378 100,197 13.16%

LATIN 99,547 89,201 11.60%

NON-MUSIC 39,840 37,375 6.60%

CHILDREN'S 11,840 10,423 13.59%

BRASS & MILITARY 3,359 2,850 17.86%

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RANK ARTIST TITLE MASTER RELEASE I.D.

1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362

2 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703

3 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 8883

4 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 38722

5 PINK FLOYD LA PARED (THE WALL) VOLUMEN II 11329

6 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 5863

7 THE BEATLESSGT. PEPPER'S

LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND23934

8 DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS 23684

9 LED ZEPPELIN UNTITLED 4300

10 THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 46402

11 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047

12 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170

13 QUEEN GROOTSTE HITS 7941

14 SUPERTRAMP BREAKFAST IN AMERICA 25362

15 MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE 5460

16 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 13814

17 EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA 59501

18 NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY 3297

19 DAVID BOWIETHE RISE AND THE FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST

AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS 1561

20 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 4126

21 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE U.S.A. 26701

22 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 105802

23 KING CRIMSONIN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING -

AN OBSERVATION BY KING CRIMSON 406634

24 PINK FLOYD ANIMALS 10370

25 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PURPLE RAIN 16245

26 THE BEATLES REVOLVER 45284

27 SADE DIAMOND LIFE 43936

28 DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS 23759

29 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD 8517

30 THE BEATLES 1967-1970 24155

MOST POPULAR TOP 30

MostPopularTop30MasterReleasesforthefirsthalfof2019.

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RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID TOTAL

1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362 80,060

2 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703 43,213

3 THE BEATLESSGT. PEPPER'S

LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND23934 42,976

4 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 11329 39,782

5 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 4126 35,073

6 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 13814 34,438

7 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 5863 29,926

8 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170 29,769

9 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN III 4199 27,875

10 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047 27,489

RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID TOTAL

1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362 31,457

2 THE BEATLESSGT. PEPPER'S

LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND23934 22,407

3 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703 21,130

4 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 11329 20,403

5 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 8883 19,951

6 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047 19,854

7 THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 46402 19,750

8 LED ZEPPELIN UNTITLED 4300 19,635

9 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 38722 19,090

10 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170 16,563

MOST WANTED ALBUMS

TheTop10MostWantedAlbumsonDiscogsusers’Wantlistsforthefirsthalfof2019.

MOST COLLECTED ALBUMS

TheTop10MostCollectedAlbumsbyDiscogsusersforthefirsthalfof2019.

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RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID

1 BOB DYLAN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS TEST PRESSING 13477396

2 VARIOUS THE CROW (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

13468916

3 U2 THE EUROPA EP 13459846

4 VARIOUS LOST IN TRANSLATION (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

13468045

5 PINK FLOYD A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 13452289

6 NU GUINEA NUOVA NAPOLI 12097296

7 ANGELO BADALAMENTI AND DAVID LYNCHTWIN PEAKS:

SEASON TWO MUSIC AND MORE13468810

8 NUJABES METAPHORICAL MUSIC 12639854

9 GREEN DAY WOODSTOCK 1994 13469504

10 GARFIELD FLEMING DON'T SEND ME AWAY 13479478

TOP NEW ALBUM SALES

TheTop10NewAlbumSalesforthefirsthalfof2019.

RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID

1 TALK TALK SPIRIT OF EDEN 3552909

2 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 371951

3 PORTISHEAD DUMMY 1526433

4 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PURPLE RAIN 194021

5 KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING 2496819

6 VELLY JOONAS STOPP, SEISKU AEG! 7280700

7 STARDUST MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU 4087

8 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 612780

9 KHRUANGBIN THE UNIVERSE SMILES UPON YOU 8149748

10 DAFT PUNK RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES 4570366

TOP CATALOG SALES

TheTop10CatalogSalesforthefirsthalfof2019.

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DATABASE SUBMISSION GROWTH

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthetotalnumberofDiscogsDatabasesubmissions.

VINYL

CD

CASSETTE

DIGITAL/ OTHER

2019 2018 % CHG.

289,922 308,269 -5.95%

215,487 229,803 -6.23%

63,877 66,038 -3.27%

102,663 90,096 13.95%

NIELSEN DISCOGS

RANK ARTIST TITLE ARTIST TITLE

1 QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)

BOB DYLANBLOOD ON THE TRACKS

TEST PRESSING

2 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 1 U2 THE EUROPA EP

3 BILLIE EILISHWHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP,

WHERE DO WE GO?VARIOUS LOST IN TRANSLATION

(MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

4SOUNDTRACK

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYGUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY:

AWESOME MIXPINK FLOYD A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS

5 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD NU GUINEA NUOVA NAPOLI

6 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON NUJABES METAPHORICAL MUSIC

7 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS LEGEND GREEN DAY WOODSTOCK 1994

8 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS GARFIELD FLEMING DON’T SEND ME AWAY

9 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER KILLING JOKE KILLING JOKE

10 BILLIE EILISH DONT SMILE AT ME MORRISSEY LOVER-TO-BE

TOP 10 VINYL SALES

Nielsenvs.DiscogsTop10NewAlbumSalesforthefirsthalfof2019.

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MARKETPLACE GROWTH IN PHYSICAL SALES

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthegrowthinphysicalsalesintheDiscogsMarketplace.

NEILSEN

DISCOGS

2019 2018 % CHG.

32.5M 38.3M -15.10%

3,300,893 3,024,367 9.14%(Orders)

MARKETPLACE GROWTH IN VINYL LP SALES

Year-over-yearcomparisonofthegrowthinvinylLPsalesintheDiscogsMarketplace.

NEILSEN

DISCOGS

2019 2018 % CHG.

7.7M 7.0M 9.6%

2,374,535 2,228,790 6.54%(Orders)