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Spotify finally expands to Japan, where CDs are still king

article published on 5 October, 2016

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has noted that there will be an uphill battle in Japan for the streaming service, a nation where CDs remain king. The company has just expanded to the world's second-largest music market - bringing 40 million streamable tracks, but in Japan 84 percent of sales are of physical discs (CDs and vinyl) compared to just 39 percent globally. Record labels in Japan have ... [ read the full article ]

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megadunderhead
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_ 		10. October 2016 @ 10:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
actually cd's remain king because in japan they don't purchase there cd's they pirate them heavily and share them with friends and family when a cd costs you only 2 cents there on a street corner and a streaming service costs you 49 us dollars per month you got to ask what works

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