The American is surprised.
The CD sales in US is 28% of all music.
However, the CD sales of all music in Japan is high with 85%.
Though digital distribution spreads, you will hear a voice to say why.
The Japanese knows the reason.
The Japanese CD is usually sold with a free gift.
The fans want a free gift.
Anyway, what is the free gift?
Single CD sales ranking in 2013.
- Woman Group A (handshake ticket)
- Woman Group A (handshake ticket)
- Woman Group A (handshake ticket)
- Woman Group A (handshake ticket)
- Man Group A (photograph card)
- Man Group B (none)
- Woman Group B (handshake ticket)
- Woman Group B (handshake ticket)
- Woman group C (handshake ticket)
- Man Group B (none)
A handshake ticket, a photograph…
It is not music sales anymore.
This is the fact of the Japanese music industry.
A music office goes bankrupt, and the artist cannot live in the music.
The illegal downloading increases.
There is the artist committing suicide.
In the American music market, sales fall year by year.
Rather than the future of the music, I am anxious about increasing the youths who do not aim at the musician.
By the way,
For a Japanese artist, many more CD sales than downloading seems to be high income.
Not buy downloading, let’s buy a CD.