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With over 60,000 shows and $350+ million in merchandise sales through atVenu so far for 2019, what does the data show for music industry trends?
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With summer coming to an end, we wanted to share some of the industry trends year-to-date (through August)
With over 60,000 shows and $350+ million in merchandise sales through atVenu so far for 2019, what does the data show? Let’s dive in!
Our résumé as to where these numbers and industry insights are coming from:
Curious as to where your bands’ merch business stacks up against the industry at large? Below are a few averages across the tens of thousands of shows year to date.
And the top selling item? You guessed it, a T-Shirt. An interesting data point to highlight is the average sales price of shirts has increased by $2.
Year to date, average $/Head increased by 11% and average Gross Sales increased by 29% from 2018. The biggest trend bucking change is the 10-15K attendance grouping which experienced higher averages than 15-20K. 10-15K shows this year were dominated by Pop & Rap artists who all produced higher avg. gross sales than the 15-20K grouping which was primarily Country artists.
See our 2019 Year in Review for all music industry trends, where we go through some of the top music merch insights and highlight the importance of music merchandise. If you are planning on going on tour, take a look at how we help maximize sales for artists.
In September 2021 we will be publishing an updated version to share music industry merchandise trends and insights for 2021.
Published:
October 17, 2019
