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📢 OUT NOW: Music in the EU 2026
From market growth and artist development to AI and innovation, discover what's shaping the future of music across Europe.
🆕Read the latest #MusicInTheEU report:ifpi.org/resources/
Today, @ifpi_org ’s European National Group Directors and industry representatives came together to discuss our shared priorities for recorded music in Europe.
A strong European recorded-music sector depends on rules that work in practice, a competitive licensing market and effective protection for artists and their music.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Strasbourg! @IFPI_at @BRMA_News @ifpiDK @ifpifi @snep @BVMI_music @IFPI_gr @irishcharts @FIMI_IT @IFPINorge @ZPAV_org @Audiogest1 @Promusicae_es @MU_YAP
🎧 Streaming continues to drive growth across the EU's recorded music market.
Strong subscriber growth helped boost streaming revenues in 2025.
While the EU is one of the world's leading music regions, music subscription penetration remains below that of comparable markets.
That highlights an opportunity to expand fan engagement, grow the legal music market, and support further investment in artists and music in the EU.
🇪🇺 Europe has built strong foundations for music. Now we need to make them work.
Kristina Janušauskaitė, Executive Director of @IFPIintheEU's Office, discusses why effective and meaningful implementation matters for Europe’s music sector.
#MusicInTheEU: ifpi.org/resources/
🧵Great artists rarely emerge overnight.
Ireland’s music scene is seeing growing confidence in domestic talent, supported by artist development, industry infrastructure and a strong connection between Irish artists and audiences at home.
The story of Irish folk trio Amble brings that role to life. Two years after supporting Picture This at St Anne’s Park, they are now headlining the same venue themselves.
📖 Read Ireland: A global community with a strong voice in #MusicintheEU 2026: ifpi.org/wp-content/uploads/…
Tony van de Berkt, CEO of @UMG Netherlands, explores how creative and commercial expertise is helping Dutch artists connect with audiences and achieve new levels of success across streaming and live music.
Discover more in #MusicInTheEU 2026: ifpi.org/resources/
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🚀 The EU remains a heavyweight market for recorded music.
Continued growth reflects the strength of the EU's diverse music markets, the appeal of its artists and increasing fan engagement.
But there is still considerable potential to unlock, creating new opportunities to invest in artists and music across the region.
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Building an artist’s career means thinking long term.
Mark Dennis, MD @sonymusic Sweden, Finland and the Baltics, shares how patience, trust and a deep artist-label partnerships helps create sustainable careers.
Discover more in #MusicInTheEU 2026: ifpi.org/resources/
📊 Europe is a major force in the global recorded music market.
The latest figures show the scale, diversity and continued growth of the EU’s recorded music sector.
Swipe through the topline findings from #MusicInTheEU.
🎵 Why launch Music in the EU?
🎤 Lodovico reflects on the scale, diversity and continued growth of Europe's music sector, and explains why the EU remains one of the world's most exciting and dynamic music markets.
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🎵 Growing Europe’s music sector takes action from industry and policymakers.
Record companies are investing in artists and infrastructure, expanding the legal music market, strengthening transparency, protecting legitimate revenues and building responsible AI partnerships.
Europe can help this growth continue by making its rules deliver in practice, preserving voluntary licensing and exclusive rights, enabling a responsible AI market and protecting artists’ music.
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