HELSINKI: The IFPI’s annual Recording Industry reported that the Finland’s streaming revenue grew only $5.9 million in 2014. Finland had the biggest streaming gains of the nine countries whose 2014 recorded music revenue numbers have been released by the trade organizations.
While $5.9 million is certainly smaller than $369.7 million, $5.9 million represents a larger percentage of Finland’s gross domestic product (GDP) than that $369.7 million represents of the United States’ GDP. (Billboard converted RIAA numbers for 2014, some of which represent consumer spending, into trade value of United States streaming revenue.)
