The numbers behind electronic music are more interesting than the industry usually lets on. BPM escalation from 120 to 160 across four decades. Catalog music representing 72 percent of US streaming. The complete collapse of recorded music revenue between 1999 and 2015 and the partial recovery since. DJ booking fees at the top of the market running to seven figures while the median working DJ earns less than a teacher. The data tells a story that the PR does not.
The charts and data posts in this section cover genre popularity trends, streaming economics, and the commercial picture of dance music from the vinyl era to the present. All claims are sourced. The full data archive is part of the Industry & Business section.