ERA: UK Annual Report 2023

1CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION
2-3 2022 ERA OVERVIEW
4-5 MUSIC STREAMING
6-7 VIDEO STREAMING
8-85 UK STATISTICS
9-15 Introduction
16-39 Games
40-61 Video
62-85 Music
86-90INSIGHT
91-99 ERA MEMBER SERVICES
100-101 BOARD MEMBERS
102-103 ERA MEMBERS
104 USEFUL ADDRESSES
CONTENTS

WELCOME FROM THE NEW CHAIR
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ERA YEARBOOK 2023
You have to go away to come back, said fantasy
novelist Terry Pratchett, and I guess that’s precisely
what I’ve done as I return to ERA as Chair, seven
years since I left the association.The scale of the growth in the entertainment
business over that time has been phenomenal. The combined music, video and games
businesses were worth just under £6bn in 2015.
Updated figures for 2022 show that last year they
were not far off twice that – £11.2bn Maybe I should go away more often!
When my appointment was announced, I
recalled that in my first stint at ERA, I was the
association’s first ever board member to represent
the then new-fangled world of digital music. There was initial resistance on all sides of the
industry to this revolution, something which
seems frankly ridiculous in retrospect. The history of the entertainment business from
the wax disc to the DVD to the games console
is that, even more than content, it is technology
which drives revenues. That’s why you can expect me as Chair to be an
advocate of technology even if at first glance it
may seem to threaten established ways of doing
things. That means AI, virtual and augmented
realities and the metaverse are definitely on our
agenda. We need to embrace the opportunities
they make possible even though we know that
not all of them may succeed. But I’m not a proverbial technology magpie,
just attracted to the “bright shiny new things” of
technological progress. I personally completely
avoided cryptocurrency having never spent a
single penny of real money on bitcoin et al. I
also have been healthily sceptical of metaverse
and web3 hype. Embracing the new does not of
TECHNOLOGY IS
OUR FRIEND
course mean we necessarily abandon older ways
of doing things.
Despite the increasing presence of digital music,
vinyl records have experienced a resurgence in
recent years. More and more people are buying
records as a way to enjoy their favourite songs in
a physical format. Vinyl sales have grown steadily
for the past decade, reaching their highest levels
since the early 1990s. Music fans are attracted to the
warm sound, the tangible experience of playing a
record and the collector’s item nature of owning a
piece of music history. Even with the proliferation of
digital music, it’s clear there’s still a place for vinyl in
the modern world.
Back to technological advancement, the
above paragraph was written by OpenAI and
we can already see that 2023 will be defined
by a “Cambrian Explosion” of AI development
and tools. Many of these will lead to increased
productivity and the emergence of amazing
new products and services. There will be a dark
side though, and the creative industries could
be especially affected. I urge ERA members to
educate themselves and try all these tools to
understand the impact. Much is quite rightly made of ERA’s remarkable
reinvention in which this previously 100% physical
record store association now represents virtually
all the major music streaming services, but the
flowering of ERA’s independent membership has
also been a notable achievement. I am proud to head an organisation which
represents the largest multinational streaming
services alongside the cream of the UK’s indie
record stores. BEN DRURY
CHAIR ERA
THE SCALE OF
GROWTH IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS
HAS BEEN
PHENOMENAL

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2022 ERA OVERVIEW
KIM BAYLEYCHIEF EXECUTIVE ERA
A REMARKABLE
20 YEARS AT ERA
When we announced at the top of the year that
the entertainment market had reached an all-
time high of more than £11.1bn, it was a statistic
that meant more to me than most.
That’s because the total was just over double
the level of sales the business achieved in the year
I first joined ERA, 2002. That’s remarkable in itself, but all the more so
because all three of our sectors – music, video and
games – were about to enter their pre-streaming,
pre-mobile decline. We didn’t know it at the time, but music had
already hit its physical peak in 2001, video would
start its own decline in 2014 and even games –
entertainment’s greatest long-term success story
– would essentially flatline between 2008 and
2013. Which is essentially to say that in the first 10
years of my tenure, it was a story of decline for
entertainment. As a sector we lost around a
billion pounds of sales value. The second 10 years, however, have been
nothing less than a revelation – growth after
growth after growth. In line with that, ERA transformed itself to
represent not just physical stores, but some of
the largest digital companies in the world, at the
same time seeing an incredible revival of what
had been the most challenged physical stores of
all, the indie record shops. Much as I enjoyed the tributes paid on my
20th anniversary at last year’s AGM, I know of
course that compared to the innovators and
entrepreneurs who have driven entertainment’s
revival, ERA is a bystander rather than a principal,
but, oh, what a ride it has been! Our journey to that all-time-record high in 2022
was certainly an eventful one, supported by our
ever-reliable office management team of Carole
Lampard and Beth Perrin. The year was dominated by the ongoing
aftershocks of 2021’s DCMS Select Committee Inquiry into Music Streaming. Notwithstanding
the fact that the original report – and to be fair
all subsequent reports – on the market essentially
vindicated ERA’s view that streaming has had an
overwhelmingly positive impact for music fans
and for the music industry, there was still much
to be done.
The DCMS itself, working with the IPO,
unleashed a whole series of work streams and
working groups on issues around streaming,
many of them still to report at the time of writing,
while the Competition & Markets Authority
undertook its own preliminary study of the
market, again ultimately agreeing with our view
that there were no grounds for a more detailed
investigation. Such studies and investigations, and to be
blunt, threats of further regulation, formed a
significant element of ERA’s work in 2022. In such circumstances, it’s not sufficient simply
to “know” that you’re right. It’s about the grinding
committee work and endless meetings required
to win hearts and minds. The stars of this process have been our
members, from senior executives to public policy
professionals who have given so much time to
this process. Thanks should very definitely go to them. We
remain confident that our commonsense view –
that streaming services deserve bouquets rather
than the brickbats which are often thrown their
way – will prevail. In connection with the post-Select Committee
process, I would like to make special mention of
our long-term strategic communications advisor
Steve Redmond and recently-acquired political
counsel Sir Robbie Gibb – their contributions have
been invaluable.
Amid all the discussions of metadata and
algorithms, physical retailers continued very
much to ensure we kept our feet on the ground.
WHAT A RIDE IT
HAS BEEN

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ALL-TIME HIGH
REVENUE OF
MORE THAN
£11.1BN
We mounted our second indie conference
attended by over 200 shops and suppliers. It
continues to go from strength to strength.
Meanwhile Record Store Day, which is managed
by ERA on behalf of the indie store community
reaches new heights. It secured five sponsors in
2022, simultaneously helping to defray the costs
of this unique promotion, while also helping it
to achieve new levels of awareness. Combining
credibility with mass appeal is the Holy Grail in
these things and indicating that, like her, RSD has
achieved both of them, one of the supremely
credible pop stars of our age, Taylor Swift, agreed
to be 2022’s RSD ambassador. Record Store Day has delivered many benefits,
not least the inspiration it provided for the
creation of our second great music promotion,
National Album Day, which reached its fifth
anniversary in 2022 Managing the terrific workload involved in
putting these promotions together, Megan Page
continued to do an outstanding job. For the past
five years the yin to Megan’s yang has been the
wonderful Phoebe Scott. Phoebe has now moved
on for a change of career to floristry. We send our
very best wishes and thanks to her and extend a
warm welcome to her replacement, Emily Quillin.
Alongside the big picture strategy and political
work on the one hand and promotions on the
other, research and insight lie at the core of ERA’s
service to members. Our long-time research
guru, Luke Butler, now working in-house as Head
of Research and Insight had another busy year,
providing new quarterly updates for members
and onboarding a new insight strand from
Luminate which sits alongside our long-term
tracking study with Fly Research. At the heart of our research service – and still
a significant contributor to ERA’s income – is the
Official Charts Company, 50% owned by ERA
alongside record companies trade association
the BPI. In 2022 the Official Charts made a
significant international breakthrough, now
providing charts for France, as well as the UK and
Ireland. Congratulations to them on making this
significant step forward. Our stake in the Official Charts Company, our
strategy and our finances are all managed under
the guidance of ERA’s board. They continue to
serve all our members well. On behalf of our
entire membership, I thank them. In 2023 they will conduct their business under
a new Chair, Ben Drury, making his return to the
ERA fold. Welcome to him. As our very first digital
member all those years ago, Ben is a thread
uniting the past and future of entertainment.
We are not short of challenges in 2023. The
after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still
very much in evidence and the energy and cost
of living impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
continue to cast a shadow over the economy. But despite it all, we have good reason to
continue to believe not just in the future of
entertainment, but in its ability to get us through
the present – whatever that may throw at us…
MUSIC
VIDEOGAMES
VIDEO
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2022 MUSIC STREAMING
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MUSIC STREAMING
JANUARYFEBRUARY
APRILMAY
JUNE
MARCH
JULY
Spotify buys Podsights
and Chartable, podcast
measurement tools
Apple buys AI Music,
giving it music artificial
intelligence capabilities SoundCloud buys
AI music tagging
stat up Musiio
Spotify buys Heardle the
wordle inspired music
identification game
Amazon launches a live radio
App Amp Spotify refreshes app
icons

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2022 MUSIC STREAMING
OCTOBER
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER JULY
Spotify launches Audiobooks alongside
music and podcasts, with listeners in the
UK & Ireland are now able to access a
library of more than 300,000 titles. Listeners
are served curated recommendations
and, once purchased, audiobooks will be
automatically saved in a listener’s library to
listen whenever they want.

Driif
t, backed by Deezer,
acquires Dreamstage, a
live steaming platform
Spotify acquires Kinzen.
An AI tool to remove
harmful podcasts
Audius acquires
Soundstage-fm,
a virtual video
environment
YouTube shorts extends
use of licensed music to
60 seconds YouTube rolls out
“Recap” on the main
YouTube App.
JANUARY
Amazon Music App
available on Sky glass
YouTube Music rolls out
mood filters to allow
users to find songs to
match their moods
Amazon Music Live
launches on Prime Video
airing live streamed weekly
concerts
Amazon Prime Music
makes 100 million
tracks available to its
users limited to shuffle
mode (previously 2
million)
Spotify rolls
out Wrapped
personalities

2022 VIDEO STREAMING
VIDEO STREAMING
JANUARYFEBRUARY
APRILMAYJUNEJULY
MARCH
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Prime Video Store launched its first
Bonus X-Ray title with Spider: Man No
Way Home, featuring in-video bonus
content including a curated selection
of trivia, behind-the scene videos
and production set photos, as well
as dynamic in-scene cast and music
tagging.
Launch of ‘Stream’, Virgin Media’s
new flexible, and seamless TV and
entertainment streaming service Meeting customer demand
for movie ownership, the
introduction of a Premium
EST format has given our
customers the choice
to either buy or rent the
latest movies within their
‘Premium window’
Sky Cinema includes
Paramount+ at no extra
cost
Launch of Disney+ on
Virgin Media Stream and
TV 360 services
Launch of Netflix
in Virgin Media
TV bundles

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2022 VIDEO STREAMING
OCTOBER
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
Sky Store improve their VIP offering,
with all VIP’s given the choice of 2 great
movies as part of their Christimas gift
campaign – supporting their drive to
encourage digital movie adoption
Top Gun: Maverick became Prime Video’s
fastest selling title ever, setting a new all-
time record for first-week EST sales.
Skys latest innovation on the Sky Glass
platform, Sky Stream, gives customers access
to the best entertinment streamed straight to
any TV over WI-FI, without a dish, so there’s no
installation required. Simply plug the device
into any TV to enjoy world class film, must-
watch TV, movies and thrilling sport Amazon Freevee proudly announced the
iconic series Neighbours will be returning
to television with a brand-new series to
begin filming in Australia in 2023. The
cherished series will premiere exclusively
on Amazon Freevee in the U.S. and UK
with the world premiere slated for the
second half of 2023. (Image )

© Sony Music 2022. All Rights Reserved.
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STATISTICS
Luke Butler
ERA Head of Research
and Insight
HARRY STYLES TOPPED
THE ALBUMS AND SINGLES
CHARTS IN 2022
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RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT SALESVALUE
£11.08bn
YOY CHANGE 6.9%
DIGITAL V PHYSICAL MARKET SHARE
DIGITAL SHARE
91%
PHYSICAL MARKET SHARE 9%
ACCESS V OWNERSHIP
ACCESS SHARE
71%
OWNERSHIP SHARE 29%
NUMBER OF OUTLETS SELLING ENTERTAINMENTMUSIC
2,486
VIDEO 2,916
GAMES 3,436
UK STATISTICS

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CONSUMER SPENDING ON LEISURE
£bn 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Video (all), Games and
Recorded Music 9.7 10.4 11.1 6.9%
Entertainment Hardware,
TV, PCs and Other 18.2 17.6 17.5 -0.3%
Total Home Entertainment 28.0 27.9 28.6 2.4% Reading 7.2 7.4 7.5 1.5%
House and garden 22.1 24.6 23.8 -3.4%
Hobbies and pastimes 14.8 16.6 18.1 8.9%
IN THE HOME 72.0 76.6 78.0 1.9%
Eating out 44.4 60.1 87.4 45.4%
Alcoholic drink 52.9 60.8 72.9 19.8%
Eating and drinking 97.3 121.0 160.3 32.5%
Local entertainment 6.8 9.5 12.4 31.3%
Gambling 10.5 13.1 13.8 5.0%
Active Sport 21.7 27.3 32.9 20.3%
Neighbourhood leisure 39.0 49.9 59.1 18.4%
Sightseeing 1.2 2.3 3.4 50.0%
Holidays in UK 8.5 13.4 24.9 85.2%
Holidays overseas 13.8 15.5 41.9 169.4%
Holidays and tourism 23.4 31.3 70.2 124.5%
AWAY FROM HOME 159.8 202.1 289.5 43.2%ALL LEISURE 231.8 278.7 367.5 31.9%
Source: Leisure Industries Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. Notes: Historical
values may differ from previous editions due to ONS methodology revisions
ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL IN
CONTEXT
Consumer Leisure Spending
Each year the Leisure Industries Research Centre at
Sheffield Hallam University produces figures measuring
UK consumer spend across leisure activities, ranging
from holidays and gambling, to eating out and home
entertainment.
The 2022 figures reveal the UK’s entertainment and leisure
sectors ramping up activity after the pandemic-ravaged
2020 and sputtering recovery of 2021 tore into revenue
streams across the board. As planes returned to the air,
restaurants, gig venues, cinemas, gyms and sports centres
re-opened and high street shops returned to normal,
revenues – particularly ‘Away from Home’ – boomed.
Another dynamic that should be considered when
reviewing these numbers is the impact of unusually high
levels of inflation, commensurate with rapidly increasing
consumer demand. The cost of food and fuel applied
particularly strong upward pressure in the UK last year.
As global quarantine orders and other foreign travel restric-
tions lifted, the UK consumer returned to the seas and skies
for holidays abroad in large numbers, with spending in the
sector up 169.4% to £41.9bn. Domestic spend on ‘Holidays
in the UK’ also enjoyed a significant bump, up 85.2% to
£24.9bn. When you include ‘Sightseeing’ which also saw
increased activity, £70.2bn was spent in the ‘Holidays and
tourism’ category overall, up 124.5% versus 2021.
Staying with leisure ‘Away from Home’, consumers
continued to celebrate the wider re-opening of bars
and restaurants by spending a combined £160.3bn on
‘alcoholic drinks’ and ‘eating out’ in 2022 – up 32.5% year-
on-year. Activity in the ‘Neighbourhood Leisure’ segment
also grew strongly as venues and leisure centres returned
to normal. Spend on ‘Local Entertainment’ ‘Gambling’ and
‘Active Sport’ combined hit £59.1bn, up 18.4%.
‘In the Home’ spend – which includes categories like ‘House
and Garden’ and ‘Hobbies and Pastimes’ – soared during the
lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Naturally, as restrictions lifted,
growth slowed, right across the segment, up just 1.9% year-
on-year.
While declines in the annual value of the ‘House and
Garden’ and ‘Entertainment Hardware, TV, PCs’ categories
fell by 3.4% and 0.3% respectively, those reverses were
offset by steady growth in ‘Video, Games and Music’
(£11.1bn / +6.9%), ‘Reading’ (£7.5bn / +1.5%) and ‘Hobbies
and Pastimes’ (£18.9bn / +8.9%). Overall, UK consumers spent a total £367.5bn on leisure
in 2022, up an impressive 32% versus last year and 59%
versus 2020.
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at Netflix and increased subscription uptake at other major
players like Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ saw streaming
sector revenues climb again last year, more than offsetting
losses suffered in the transactional channels.
With consumer spend growing at record rates – up 14.4%
versus 2021 and 32.6% versus 2020 – video grew its share of
the total entertainment category, up from 37% to 40%.
After two years of intermittent high street shop closures and
shuttered gig venues, 2022 ushered in a welcome return
to normal trading conditions for the Music category. New
release activity increased, live music rebooted, and footfall
rose across the physical retail landscape helping to drive
overall growth in album-equivalent consumption.
The dominant music streaming sector, driven by services like
Spotify and Amazon Music, grew once again in both volume
and value terms year-on-year, while the revival in vinyl album
sales showed no signs of fatigue posting its 15th consecutive
year of growth in 2022.
Almost £2bn was spent in the music category overall, 3.0%
up versus 2021 representing 18% of total entertainment
revenues.
ERA ENTERTAINMENT MONITOR 2022 –
VALUE SALES (£m)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Videogames 4,651.5 4,560.3 4,664.4 2.3%
Video 3,342.2 3,875.7 4,432.2 14.4%
Music 1,734.9 1,928.9 1,986.9 3.0%
Total value 9,728.6 10,364.9 11,083.4 6.9%
Source: Music – Official Charts. Includes BPI/ERA subscription streaming
consumer spend estimates. Subscription streaming in 2020/21 re-stated
to reflect CMA report published in 2022. Video – Physical data from Official
Charts / BASE, Digital estimates from Futuresource Consulting
Videogames – Phy sical data from GfK. Digital estimates from Omdia

REVENUES HIT AN ALL
TIME HIGH
VIDEOGAMES VIDEO MUSIC TOTAL VALUE
CONSISTENT GROWTH
Sales of over £11 billion, the biggest total
for over a decade

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MONITOR: 2022 – (£M)
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12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000 0 2019
2018 2020 2021 2022
7,785.7
8,019.9 9,728.6
10,364.9
11,083.4
3,906.3
1,507.8
2,371.6 3,764.6
1,644.7
2,610.6 4,651.5
1,734.9
3,342.2 4,560.3
1,928.9
3,875.7 4,664.4
1,986.9
4,432.2
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The trend of entertainment consumption in the UK shifting
from physical to digital formats accelerated significantly
over the course of 2020 and 2021as closures on the high
street and disruptions to supply chains significantly
impacted physical format product availability.
As trading conditions normalised over the course of 2022,
so the heavy declines in overall spend on physical formats
stabilised somewhat. After a posting an 18% year-on-year
fall in value in 2021, spend on combined physical formats
across music, video and games fell by just 6% in 2022.
The growth in spend on digital formats and on content
served via digital channels continues to surge, bursting
through the £10bn mark in 2022, up 8.4% year-on-year.
Revenues generated from on-demand streams, digital
downloads and online access across the music, video and
games categories now represent 91% of total revenues
generated in the entertainment retail and digital services
market, up from 89% in 2021.
After the music category posted a welcome boost in
spend across its physical formats in 2021 – the first year-
on-year gain for 20 years – values fell back slightly last year.
According to the Official Charts Company, combined spend
on CDs, vinyl and legacy formats like cassettes amounted to
£280.4m, down 3.8% versus 2021 but up versus 2020.
It is music’s well-established digital market, however, that
continues to dominate spend in the category. The digital
music channel combines the sales of MP3 downloads with
monthly fees paid to subscription-based services offered
by companies like Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube
Music. In 2022, over £1.7bn was spent on digital music in
total, up 4.2% year-on-year.
While digital’s share of the music market overall has grown
to around 86%, the category derives a much bigger
percentage of its revenues from physical formats than both
the games and video categories, with 14% of the overall
total generated by sales of CDs and vinyl.
Surging digital spend drove very strong overall gains for
the video category in 2022. The digital channel in video –
which combines monthly fees paid to subscription video
on-demand streaming services (SVoD) like Netflix and
Amazon Video with film and TV download sales (Electronic
Sell Through) and one-off digital rentals ( VoD) – was worth
£4.2bn in 2022, up 16.2% versus 2021. DIGITAL FORMATS (£m)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Videogames 4,005.8 4,048.8 4,175.8 3.1%
Video 2,971.4 3,627.2 4,213.2 16.2%
Music 1,463.2 1,637.4 1,706.4 4.2%
Total 8,440.3 9,313.4 10,095.4 8.4%
PHYSICAL FORMATS (£m)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Videogames 645.7 511.5 488.6 -4.5%
Video 370.9 248.5 218.9 -11.9%
Music 271.6 291.5 280.4 -3.8%
Total 1,288.2 1,051.5 988.0 -6.0%
DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL
FORMAT SPLITS
TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT
RETAIL MARKET
Digital vs Physical 2022
Physical
9%
Digital
91%
TOTAL

MARKET
£11,083.4M
Source:
Music – Official Charts / ERA/BPI estimates.
Video – Physical – Official Charts / BASE. Digital – Futuresource Consulting
Games – Physical – GfK Entertainment. Digital – Omdia
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Value generated in the UK by DVD and Blu-ray sales
suffered another sharp fall last year according to the
Official Charts Company, with spend dipping to £218.9m,
down 11.9% versus 2021. While this obviously represents
a significant reverse year-on-year it also represents a
substantial slowdown in the rate of decline compared to
the losses posted in 2021 when spend on physical video
formats shrank by fully 33% versus 2020.
Stacking those booming digital revenues up against
dwindling physical sales means that DVD and Blu-ray’s
share of the total video value pie has dipped again, down
below 5% for the first time ever – the lowest physical share
by some margin across the entertainment retail and digital
services industry.100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
GAMES
2020 2021 2022
DIGITAL PHYSICAL 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0% 88.9%
11.1%
6.4%
93.6% 4.9%
95.1%
VIDEO
2020 2021 2022
DIGITAL PHYSICAL 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0% 84.3%
15.7%
15.1%
84.9% 14.1%
85.9%
MUSIC
2020 2021 2022

DIGITAL PHYSICAL
Source:
Music – Official Charts. Includes BPI/ERA subscription streaming consumer spend estimates.
Subscription streaming in 2020/21 re-stated to reflect CMA report published in 2022
Video – Physical data from Official Charts / BASE, Digital estimates from Futuresource Consulting Videogames – Phy sical data from GfK. Digital estimates from Omdia

The games software market experienced a trend-busting
dip in value during 2021 as it struggled to compete against
the previous year’s pandemic-driven explosion in spend
witnessed during the early months of the lockdown. In
2022, the category posted a welcome return to growth,
driven by solid gains in the vast digital channel. Omdia
report that £4.2bn was spent on full-game downloads,
downloadable content (DLC), console subscriptions and
mobile gaming over the course of the year, £127m, or 3.1%
up on 2021 totals.
The UK’s physical boxed games software market also
suffered in 2021, posting annual declines of more than
20% in value terms. Reverses of just 4.5% in 2022, then,
represent something of a recovery. According to figures
from GfK Entertainment, £488.6m was spent on physical
games last year, representing 10.5% of combined physical
and digital software value.
86.1%
13.9%
11.2%
88.8% 10.5%
89.5%
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ACCESS (£ MILLION)2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Videogames 2,081.5 2,187.8 2,206.9 0.9%
Video 2,675.7 3,410.9 3,991.9 17.0%
Music 1,391.0 1,582.3 1,661.1 5.0%
Total 6,148.3 7,181.0 7,859.9 9.5%
OWNERSHIP (£ MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Videogames 2,570.0 2,372.5 2,457.5 3.6%
Video 666.5 464.9 440.2 -5.3%
Music 343.8 346.6 325.8 -6.0%
Total 3,580.3 3,183.9 3,223.5 1.2%
ACCESS VERSUS OWNERSHIP
In 2022, almost £7.9bn was spent to access on-demand
entertainment, up 9.5% year-on-year. The access channel
now represents 71% of total annual market spend. Over the
same period, spend on physical and digital ownership for –
mats also grew, albeit by a smaller rate, up 1.2% to £3.2bn.
On-demand video once again posted strong growth
in 2022. Spend on subscriptions to services like Netflix,
Disney+ and Now TV – combined with one-off rental pay-
ments to watch content from providers like Sky Store and
Amazon Video – rose to almost £4bn, up 17% year-on-year.
This amounts to just over 90% of total video value in 2022.
The share of overall spend secured by the category’s
ownership formats fell below 10% for the first time since
ERA began measuring access vs ownership splits. Just over
£440m was spent on DVDs, Blu-rays and digital downloads,
down 5.3% versus 2021, securing just 9.9% of the total.
Very similar dynamics played out in the music sector in
2022. The category’s ownership formats posted a 6%
decline as reverses in CD and MP3 digital download sales
offset the continued growth in spend on vinyl products.
Worth £325.8m combined, spend on music’s transactional
formats now represent 16.4% of the category total. In
contrast, the on-demand music streaming sector continues
to tick upwards, finishing at just under £1.7bn in 2022. That’s
up a healthy 5% year-on-year, representing around 84% of
the total music market.
The shift to access models in games has been a much
slower process when compared to entertainment’s other
categories and, in 2022, that trend actually reversed in
terms of share of overall category value secured. Comprised
mostly of console subscriptions, MMOG micro-transactions
and mobile and tablet in-app purchases, access spend is
now worth approximately £2.2bn, up a marginal 0.9%
versus 2021.
Despite that small boost in value and falls in physical
disc sales, a rebounding full-game download market and
increased spend on digital downloadable content saw the
value of ownership formats outpace access, rising by 3.6%
to almost £2.5bn in 2022. Ownership share of the games
market has risen to 52.7%, with access falling to 47.3%.
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Ownership
29%Access
71%
TOTAL

MARKET
£11,083.4m
Source:
Music – Official Charts. Includes BPI/ERA subscription
streaming consumer spend estimates
Video – Physical data from Official Charts / BASE, Digital
estimates from Futuresource Consulting Videogames – Phy sical data from GfK. Digital from Omdia

2020 2021 2022 80.1%
19.9%
12.0%
88.0% 9.9%
90.1%
2020 2021 2022 80.2%
19.8%
18.0%
82.0% 16.4%
83.6%
2020 2021 2022
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
GAMES
ACCESS OWNERSHIP 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
VIDEO
ACCESS OWNERSHIP 100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
MUSIC
ACCESS OWNERSHIP
44.7%
55.3%
52.0%
48.0% 52.7%
47.3%
UK STATISTICS
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2022 © Entertainment Arts, All rights reserved
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UK STATISTICS GAMES
RETAIL SALES OF GAMES SOFTWARE
VALUE
£4,664m
YOY CHANGE 2.3%
FIFA 23 TOPPED
THE GAMES
CHARTS WITH
SALES OF 2.5M
UNITS
PHYSICAL SOFTWARE SALES
VALUE
£489m
YOY CHANGE 4.4%
RETAIL SALES OF GAMES HARDWARE
VALUE
£825m
YOY CHANGE 26.9%
VALUE £4,176m
YOY CHANGE 3.1%
DIGITAL SALES

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MEET THE GAMES CONSUMER
The Smartphone is the most popular device used for playing games
Free gaming on mobile devices is the most popular way to play
while direct to console is the most popular way to own

Steam continues to lead the wa y as an online purchasing destination but
PlayStation Store is right on its heels

TOTAL PANEL UNDER 25 ’s
14.6%
6.5%
MMOG (play)
4.9%
3.7%
Games Streaming
TOP DEVICES USED FOR
PLAYING GAMES
GAMING CONSUMPTION
PREFERENCES
WHERE DIGITAL
GAMERS BOUGHT
Steam (PC Games)
50. 5 %
Playstation Store
37. 9 %
Nintendo eShop
17 .9 %
Microsoft / Xbox Store
18 .9 %
Game.co.uk
5 .3 %
Origin
3 .2 %
Amazon
7 .4 %
UK STATISTICS GAMES
Source: ERA Quarterly Tracking Study (November 2022) (conducted by FlyResearch)
10.6%
3.0%
Discs for handheld
game console
24.4%
8.1%
Digital Direct to
Console / PC Subscriptions
(PlayStation Plus, Xbox Live etc)
17.1%
10.4% 47.2%
30.2%
Mobile Games (free)
Other
11 .6 %
32.1%
Smartphone
(phone with
internet access)
25.4%
Computer / Laptop
22.2%
Static Video Game Console
10.1%
Handheld Game Console
6.9%
Tablet
3.0%
Smart, Internet
Connected TV Apps
1.2%
Google Stadia
0.5%
Roku
12.2%
7.1%
Discs for static game
console
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GAMES MARKET
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
After the unprecedented, lockdown-driven surge
in spend witnessed in 2020, 2021 saw the games
software market undergo a minor adjustment
downwards, declining by 2% year-on-year. The pre-
2021 growth trend was re-established in 2022 with
spend amounting to almost £4.7bn, up 2.3% versus
2021 and marginally ahead of the record 2020 totals.
According to Omdia, the steepest gains in the
category were to be found in the download-to-
own console game market, with sales up 12.2% to
£724.9m, while the huge ‘mobile & tablet’ segment
– which includes mobile downloads and In-app
purchases – continued its uninterrupted run upwards,
with spend totals approaching £1.5bn, up 3.2% year-
on-year.
The complex ‘Other digital and online’ segment –
where spend on casual PC, MMOG microtransactions,
DLC and console subscriptions is measured –
delivered a steady performance in 2022, with
revenues up by a marginal 0.2% to £1.7bn.
According to GfK Entertainment, annual spend on
full-game, physical boxed software titles in 2022
fell below the £500m for the first time since 1996.
£488.6m was spent in total, down 4.4% year-on-year.
In comparison to 2021, however – when total annual
values fell by 20% – this represents something of a
brake on the pace of trending decline seen over the
last 14 years. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE – VALUE (£MILLION)2020 2021 2022change
21/22
Home Console Software 638.5 507.8 487.0 -4.1%
Handheld Software 2.7 0.9 0.4 -59.7%
PC Software 4.5 2.1 1.2 -42.6%
Total Full-Game Physical Software 645.7 510.9 488.6 -4.4%
Digital Console Full-Game 725.8 646.0 724.7 12.2%
Digital PC Download-to-Own 243.5 217.4 216.8 -0.3%
Total Full-Game Digital Software 969.3 863.4 941.5 9.1%
Other Digital and Online 1,674.3 1,744.3 1,747.4 0.2%
Mobile and Tablet 1,362.2 1,441.2 1,486.8 3.2%
Total Digital Games 4,005.8 4,048.8 4,175.8 3.1%
Total Games 4,651.5 4,559.7 4,664.3 2.3%
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022change
21/22
Home Console Software 18.4 14.8 13.3 -9.9%
Handheld Software 0.3 0.1 0.0 -74.6%
PC Software 0.1 0.1 0.0 -51.3%
Total Full-Game Physical Software 18.8 15.0 13.4 -10.4%
Total Digital Console Full-Game
and PC Download-to-Own 66.3 61.0 62.0 1.6%
Total Games Software 85.1 76.0 75.4 -0.7%
Source: Physical Games: GfK Entertainment Digital / Online / Mobile Games: Omdia estimates
Other Digital & Online includes Subscriptions, DL C, Micropayments,
Casual MMOG, Social Mobile / Tablet includes Downloads and IAP Only combined volume data available for Digital Console Full-Game and Digital PC
Download-to-Own
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1,362.2
645.6
725.8
1,674.3
243.5
GAMES MARKET
SALES BY
SEGMENT
The adjacent graphs reveal just how
important the diverse ‘Other digital
and online’ segment is to wider
games category performance. This is
where all casual gamer-spend across
PC browsers and social channels is
measured, while also including the
almost £1bn spent on millions of
downloadable content transactions
for console games. Combined, the
segment secured around 37% of total
category spend.
The ‘mobile and tablet’ segment
is similarly characterised, with
masses of very small transactions
aggregating to very big overall spend
totals. Omdia estimate that almost
£1.5bn was spent on mobile games
content last year, representing 32% of
the market total.
Just over £940m was spent on
full-game digital console and PC
download-to-own titles combined
in 2022, amounting to 21% of total
spend on games, while declining
sales in the physical disc software
segment – once the undisputed
powerhouse of the category – saw
its share of the market dip marginally
below around 10% of the total.
GAMES SOFTWARE VALUE 2022:
SHARE BY SEGMENT
Digital Console
Full-Game 16%
Mobile and
Tablet
32%
TOTAL MARKET£4,664.3m
Other Digital and Online 37% Digital PC Down-
load-to-Own 5%
Physical Console & PC
Software 10%

TOTAL DIGITAL PC DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN DIGITAL CONSOLE FULL-GAME

PHYSICAL CONSOLE & PC SOFTWARE MOBILE TABLET OTHER DIGITAL AND ONLINE
Source: Physical Games: GfK Entertainment. Digital / Online / Mobile Games: Omdia Note: Other Digit al & Online includes Subscriptions, DLC, Micropayments, Casual MMOG, Social Mobile / Tablet includes Downloads and IAP
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500 0 3,576.4
3,856.1
4,651.4
4,559.74,664.3
GAMES MARKET BY SEGMENT
2018-2022 (£M)
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GAMES MARKET
DIGITAL
Spend on digital games amounted to
around £4.2bn in 2022, up 3.1% year-on-
year.
The UK’s digital games market has
returned consistent year-on-year growth
over the last 20 years, driving the entire
games category upwards, ever since 2013
when it overtook physical disc software in
terms of revenues generated.
Four of the six of the major digital
segments – mobile / tablet, console DLC,
console full-games and MMOGs – all
delivered year-on-year gains with only the
PC DTO, social and console subscription
components declining in value.
The largest digital games segment –
mobile / tablet gaming – driven almost
entirely by the In-App-Purchase markets
which form over 97% of transactional
revenues – enjoyed a more than 3% bump
in spend in 2022, rapidly closing in on the
£1.5bn mark.
After a 10% decline in sales value in 2021,
full-game console downloads returned
to growth in 2022, up 12.2% year-on-
year, with total spend of £724.7m almost
exactly level with the extraordinary
numbers delivered during the lockdown-
affected 2020.
Strong uplifts in full-game purchasing
often drives incremental spend on linked
content that enhances, augments or
lengthens the gaming experience. In
2022, Omdia estimate that close to £1bn
was spent on DLC console content, up
3.5% year-on-year.
The Massive Multiplayer Online Games
market – or MMOGs – combines online
spend on accessing the games via
subscriptions, with the microtransactions
executed once playing. Spend on both
elements grew in 2022 driving combined
value up 5.9% to £377m.
DIGITAL GAMES – VALUE (£MILLION)2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Console Full-Game 725.8 646.0 724.7 12.2%
PC Download-to-Own 243.5 217.4 216.8 -0.3%
Console Subs 351.7 368.5 328.0 -11.0%
Console DLC 900.3 948.4 981.4 3.5%
PC Casual (sales & subs) / PC
Pay-to-Play 21.0 15.9 13.5 -14.9%
MMOG (subs & microT) 337.4 356.3 377.1 5.9%
Social 63.8 55.2 47.3 -14.3%
Total Digital & Online 2,643.6 2,607.6 2,688.9 3.1%
Mobile 993.9 1,059.7 1,097.7 3.6%
Tablet 368.3 381.6 389.1 2.0%
Total Mobile & Tablet 1,362.2 1,441.2 1,486.8 3.2%
Total Digital Games 4,005.8 4,048.8 4,175.8 3.1%
DIGITAL GAMES – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Console Full-Game & PC
Download to Own 66.3 61.0 62.0 1.6%
Sources: Omdia Note: Mobile / Tablet includes Downloads and IAP
Only combined volume data available for Digital Console Full-Game and Digital PC Download-to-Own

DIGITAL GAMES MARKET BY
SEGMENT: 2022
Mobile
26% Console Full-Game
18%
Tablet 9%
Console DLC 24%
PC Casual / PC Pay-to-Play 0% PC Download-
to-own 5%
Console Subs
8%
Social 1% MMOG (subs and
microT) 9% TOTAL MARKET
£4,175.8m
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2022
2019 20202021
2018

MOBILE / TABLET (ACCESS) CONSOLE SUBS MMOG MICRO T MMOG SUBS

SOCIAL PC PAY-PER-PLAY PC CASUAL SUBS
DIGITAL GAMES ACCESS SEGMENTS (£ MILLION)
276.2 368.5
351.7
297.9
805.9 1,443.5
1,395.1
1,311.9
1,011.8
CONSOLE DLC CONSOLE FULL-GAME PC DTO

MOBILE / TABLET (OWN) PC CASUAL
DIGITAL GAMES OWNERSHIP SEGMENTS (£ MILLION)
702.2 981.4
948.4
900.3
686.7
431.1 724.7
646.0
725.8
455.8
198.5 216.8
217.4
243.5
203.0
36.5 43.4
46.1
50.3
42.3
5.1 2.6
3.2
4.4
4.5
2022
2019 20202021
2018
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GAMES MARKET PHYSICAL
Putting aside the Covid-driven bounce in 2020, the
physical entertainment software market has been in
long-term decline, with consumers increasingly turning
to full-game digital downloads, subscriptions and cloud
gaming for their core content over the last decade or so.
Some sales resilience was evident over the course of
2022 as PS5 and Xbox Series hardware penetration
improved slowly, boosting sales of linked console disc
titles. This cyclical renewal of the software market,
traditionally driven by new console technology, saw
Sony’s PS5 disc sales jump to £147.1m, up 57.2% versus
2021, while Xbox Series sales moved beyond the £35m
mark, up 32.7% year-on-year.
While that PS5 sales growth easily outpaced the rates
of decline in spend on PS4 games last year, Xbox Series
sales lagged significantly behind, with 2022 totals
nowhere near enough to offset Xbox One declines.
Coupled with the hitherto all-conquering Nintendo
Switch games market finally displaying some signs of
fatigue – sales declined to £214m, down 9.3% versus
2021 – the overall physical software market resumed
its steady drift downwards, posting a 4.4% year-on-year
reverse, dipping below the £500m for the first time
since 1996. GAMES: PHYSICAL ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE – VALUE (£MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) 30.3 93.6 147.1 57.2%
Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) 240.7 107.3 72.0 -32.9%
Microsoft Xbox Series 5.2 26.8 35.5 32.7%
Microsoft Xbox One 113.2 43.9 17.9 -59.1%
Nintendo Switch 247.9 235.9 213.9 -9.3%
Other 1.2 0.5 0.5 -8.9%
Total Home Console 638.5 507.8 487.0 -4.1%
Nintendo 3DS 2.7 0.9 0.4 -60.1%
Total Handheld Console 2.7 0.9 0.4 -60.1%
PC 4.5 2.1 1.2 -42.6%
Total Physical Games Software 645.7 510.9 488.6 -4.4%
Physical Games: GfK Entertainment
GAMES: PHYSICAL ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) 0.5 2.0 3.0 50.1%
Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) 7.3 3.7 2.3 -39.3%
Microsoft Xbox Series 0.1 0.6 0.9 43.2%
Microsoft Xbox One 3.5 1.5 0.6 -58.6%
Nintendo Switch 6.9 7.0 6.6 -5.4%
Other 0.1 0.0 0.0 -13.4%
Total Home Console 18.4 14.8 13.3 -9.9%
Nintendo 3DS 0.3 0.1 0.0 -75.5%
Total Handheld Console 0.3 0.1 0.0 -74.6%
PC 0.1 0.1 0.0 -51.3%
Total Physical Games Software 18.8 15.0 13.4 -10.4%
Physical Games: GfK Entertainment
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PHYSICAL GAMES MARKET BY FORMAT (£ MILLION): 2022
Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) 30%
Microsoft Xbox One 4%
Nintendo Switch 44%
TOTAL
MARKET
£488.6m
Microsoft Xbox Series 7%
Sony Playstation
4 (PS4) 15%
PHYSICAL GAMES SPEND 2018-2022 (£ MILLION)
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
PC 0%
Nintendo 3DS 0%
Other 0%
PC 5.7
Switch 143.2
Other Physical 4.9
PS4 258.8
Xbox One 151.9
PC 3.9
Switch 180.5
PS4 240.7
Xbox One 113.2
Switch 247.9
PS5 30.3
PC 4.5
PS4 107.3
Xbox One 43.9
Switch 235.9
PS5 93.6
PC 2.1
769.6
602.5 645.7
510.9 488.6
PS4 72.0
Switch 213.9
PS5 147.1
PC 1.2
Xbox One 17.9
Xbox Series, 5.2
Xbox Series, 26.8 Xbox Series, 35.5
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BATTLE OF THE BRANDS – SOFTWARE SALES BY BRAND.
VALUE (£M)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Sony 271.2 201.0 219.3 9.1%
Microsoft 118.7 70.8 53.5 -24.4%
Nintendo 251.2 236.8 214.3 -9.5%
GAMES MARKET
BRANDS

Combining disc sales across all
the available platforms under the
Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft
umbrellas, 2022’s ‘Battle of the
Brands’ saw Sony regain top
spot. Burgeoning PS5 disc sales
helped Sony secure 45% of total
physical games spend, supplanting
Nintendo whose share dipped to
44%. Microsoft share of the market
continues to slip, falling from 14%
to 11% in 2022.
BATTLE OF THE BRANDS – SOFTWARE UNITS BY BRAND.
UNITS (M)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Sony 7.8 5.7 5.2 -8.2%
Microsoft 3.6 2.1 1.5 -29.9%
Nintendo 7.2 7.0 6.6 -5.9%
Source: GfK Entertainment All SW for consoles formats, not just first-party titles
BATTLE OF THE BRANDS: 2022
Nintendo
44%
Sony 45%
TOTAL
MARKET
£487.1m
Microsoft 11%
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GAMES MARKET
HARDWARE
2.4 million games consoles were sold in the UK during 2022,
29% down on 2021 totals. In terms of value, £825m was
spent, down 27% year-on-year.
The global chip shortage – that has affected the availability
of the industry’s frontline games consoles for more than two
years – continued to restrict supply through 2022.
The Nintendo Switch remains the UK’s most popular console
with around 880k sold over the course of the year, delivering
£231.7m through the tills. These numbers are, however,
significantly down on 2021 totals: -28% in volume and -24%
in value.
While selling fewer units, Sony’s PS5 generated the highest
revenues last year – £350m from 780k units – but, again, this
performance was well down on 2021levels, -33% in volume
and -31% in value.
After a slow start from its 2020 launch, Microsoft’s Xbox Series
console sales finally built some momentum during the latter
stages of 2021, with more than £284m spent over the course
of the year. Sales declined in 2022 though, with 723k units
sold generating £242.5m, 14.6% down year-on-year.
GAMES HARDWARE MARKET
(£ MILLION): 2022
PS4 0%
Nintendo
Switch 28%
TOTAL

MARKET
£825.0m Xbox
One 0%
Xbox Series
29%
GAMES: TOTAL HARDWARE

VALUE (£MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) 191.0 505.5 350.0 -30.8%
Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) 99.6 34.3 0.8 -97.7%Microsoft Xbox Series 117.7 284.1 242.5 -14.6%Microsoft Xbox One 66.8 1.0 0.0 -99.5%Nintendo Switch 367.4 303.7 231.7 -23.7%
Other 0.1 0.0 0.0 -65.2%
Total Home Console 842.5 1,128.5 825.0 -26.9%
Total Handheld Console 0.5 0.0 0.0 -41.3%Total Console 843.0 1,128.5 825.0 -26.9%
GAMES: TOTAL HARDWARE
VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Sony Playstation 5 (PS5) 0.5 1.2 0.8 -32.6%
Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) 0.4 0.1 0.0 -97.7%Microsoft Xbox Series 0.3 0.8 0.7 -14.7%Microsoft Xbox One 0.3 0.0 0.0 -99.4%Nintendo Switch 1.5 1.2 0.9 -27.5%
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 -98.5%
Total Home Console 3.0 3.4 2.4 -28.9%
Total Handheld Console 0.0 0.0 0.0 -59.9%Total Console 3.0 3.4 2.4 -28.9%
Source: GfK Entertainment. Excludes TV Console/Micro Console/Retro
Console. Revenue based on SPLIT HW revenue.

Hardw are SPLIT revenue – due to the fact that units/revenue from
Consoles is split, some revenue from Hardware Bundles is counted under
Software or Accessories and 1 unit of the software element / accessories
element is also split.

The SPLIT re venue for Hardware is shown above, because if you sum the
total SW-HW-ACC you arrive at the true total. If we put UNSPLIT harware
revenue in these figures, there would be double-counting for total
revenue.

PS5
43%
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GAMES MARKET
ACCESSORIES
In lockstep with the console market, sales of controllers,
headsets, and other gaming peripherals, which comprise
the hardware accessories market, also posted double-digit
declines in 2022. According to GfK Entertainment, 11.5m
accessory units were sold worth £530.7m, down 13% year-
on-year. TOTAL GAMING ACCESSORY
VALUE (£ MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Total Console 452.0 461.4 395.7 -14.2%
Total PC 119.5 148.2 135.0 -8.9%
Total 571.6 609.6 530.7 -13.0%
TOTAL GAMING ACCESSORY
UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Total Console 12.0 10.8 9.3 -14.4%
Total PC 2.0 2.4 2.3 -6.6%
Total 14.1 13.2 11.5 -13.0%
Source: GfK Entertainment – Traditional Gaming Accessories. Excludes
Digital Content / Toy / VR.
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AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
A post-pandemic rebound in the games new release market
last year delivered a bump in average selling prices across
both the physical retailer landscape and digital channels.
According to figures from GfK Entertainment, the average
cost of a boxed game was £36.47, 6.7% higher than in 2021.
According to Omdia, the average selling price of a full-
game digital unit – across PC and console – rose by 7.3%
to £15.19. The deeper availability of catalogue and budget
titles in the digital space keeps average prices well below
those found at physical retail.
Despite increasing by the highest year-on-year margin
(+7.4%) the market’s lowest average selling prices for
boxed games remain in the home delivery channel at
£36.16, £0.87 per unit less than average prices found in the
specialist channel, at £37.03.
The much smaller ranges carried in the supermarket
channel focus mostly on frontline titles, pushing selling
prices up to £37.57, the highest average in the category.
The much smaller ranges carried in the supermarket
channel focus mostly on frontline titles, pushing selling
prices up to £37.57, the highest average in the category. PHYSICAL ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE
AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £35.03 £35.08 £37.03 5.5%
Supermarkets £36.61 £36.11 £37.57 4.0%
Home delivery £33.90 £33.68 £36.16 7.4%
Total Market £34.42 £34.17 £36.47 6.7%
Source: GfK Entertainment. Physical SW. Note that Home Delivery
(Online) includes all Home Delivery and Click & Collect transactions, if
ordered and fully paid for online as the initial transaction.
DIGITAL FULL-GAME SOFTWARE
AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Digital Console Full-
Game / PC Download-
to-Own £14.62 £14.15 £15.19 7.3%
Source: Omdia
AVERAGE SELLING PRICES BY

GAMES FORMAT – 2022
Physical Entertainment Software £36.47
Digital Console Full-Game / PC Download-to-Own, £15.19
£5.00 £10.00
£0.00 £20.00
£15.00 £25.00 £30.00 £35.00
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PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
846 new physical format console games titles were made
available to the market in 2022, an increase of 6.4% versus
2021, the fifth consecutive year of growth.
With the current console cycle across all three major
platforms maturing to somewhere near midway, hardware
penetration is accelerating and games development for
the new consoles increasing, with new IP gradually coming
to market.
According to GfK Entertainment, the total number of
physical games titles available in the UK is approaching the
5k mark, with a 10.4% increase in the console segment over
the course of 2022. That was more than enough to offset
the declines in across handheld and PC platforms.
TOTAL NO. OF VIDEOGAMES TITLES
AVAILABLE: 2020-2022
2022
2020 2021
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500 0
Console 3,792
Handheld347 PC
520
GfK Entertainment (physical formats only)
Console 4,068
Handheld260 PC
321
TOTAL NO. OF NEW VIDEOGAMES TITLES
AVAILABLE: 2020-2022
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 Console 736
Handheld0 PC
47
GfK Entertainment (physical formats only)
Console 795
Handheld0 PC
17
2022
2020 2021Console
846
Handheld0 PC
23
Console 4,493
Handheld186 PC
274
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BRICKS & MORTAR VERSUS ONLINE
SALES SPLIT (£ MILLION – VIDEOGAMES)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bricks & Mortar 443.3 328.4 190.1 143.2 149.8
Online 3,126.9 3,337.8 4,461.4 4,416.6 4,514.5
Total Market 3,570.2 3,666.2 4,651.5 4,559.7 4,664.3
BRICKS AND MORTAR
VS ONLINE
A defining dynamic of modern entertainment retailing
over the last decade or so has been the shift of spend from
traditional bricks and mortar shops to digital services and
physical online operations.
Across an extraordinarily diverse digital landscape, with
countless opportunities to spend on downloadable
content, microtransactions and subscriptions, the Games
market has moved decisively online. This shift is clearly
illustrated in the adjacent tables showing that, in 2022,
over £4.5bn – or 97p in every pound spent – was transacted
either over the internet at physical online retailers, or
digitally for digital-only products.
While just £149.8m worth of transactions were taken over-
the-counter last year, accounting for just 3.2% of total
spend, this represents a small year-on-year increase as the
UK’s physical games retailers emerged from the lockdown
restrictions of 2021 to enjoy a full year of uninterrupted
trading on the high street.
100%90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
VIDEOGAMES MARKET – SPEND SHIFT
TO ONLINE (£ MILLION)
ONLINE BRICKS MORTAR 2019 2020 2021 2022
2018
Source:
Physical Games: GfK Entertainment Digital / Online / Mobil e Games: Omdia Note: Other Digit al & Online includes Subscriptions, DLC,
Micropayments, Casual MMOG, Social Mobile / T
ablet includes Downloads and IAP.
96.9%
3.1% 87.6%
12.4% 91.0%
9.0% 95.9%4.1% 96.8%3.2%
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DIGITAL GAMES SERVICES: 2022
Buy / Rent Subscription Stream
Amazon Games Google Play Armor Games
Apple App Store Humble Bundle Bigpoint.com
Blizzard King Games Google Play
Codemasters Nintendo Eshop King Games
Dl Gamer OriginMiniclip.com
Ea Mobile Playstation Network Origin
Epic Games Playstation Now Playstation Network
Game SkyPlaystation Now
Gameloft SteamSky
Gamersgate Uplay Twitch
Games Planet Twitch Xbox Game Pass
Games Rocket Xbox Game Pass Xbox Live
Gog.com Xbox Live
Google Play
Green Man Gaming
Humble Bundle
Just Flight
Just Trains
King Games
Microsoft Apps
Nintendo Eshop
Origin
Ovi Store
Playstation Network
Playstation Now
Rockstar
Sky
Square Enix
Steam
Uplay
Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Live
Xbox Live GAMES RETAILERS & DIGITAL
SERVICES
For the fifth year in a row the number of UK retailers selling
games software has fallen, according to figures produced
by GfK Entertainment. In 2022, 3,436 outlets recorded sales
of software over the course of the year compared to 4,017
in 2021, a fall of 14.5%.
A further 586 supermarket stores withdrew from the
category in 2022, while 49 outlets in the general multiples
sector ceased stocking titles.
With improving trading conditions on the high street,
the number of specialist games shops recording sales of
games software grew by 71 in 2022, up to 404, while music
and video specialists also increased their presence in the
category with a further 7 shops trading in games titles.
PRINCIPAL BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS SELLING GAMES
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Music/Video
Specialists 129 129 76 113 120 6.2%
Game & Software
Specialists 397 292 298 333 404 21.3%
Electrical/Hardware
Chains 403 329 332 314 300 -4.5%
General Multiples 1,400 1,388 1,245 929 880 -5.3%
Supermarkets* 3,804 3,326 2,500 2,178 1,592 -26.9%
Others (estimate) 202 180 160 150 140 -6.7%
Total Retailers 6,335 5,644 4,611 4,017 3,436 -14.5%
Supermarkets include Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s (including Locals*), Tesco
(including Metro and Express*), Co-Ops* Spar* and One-Stop* (*That sell
entertainment software titles).
Data is based on s tores that sold only entertainment software (not hardware/
accessories). Store count reflects actual outlet count based on active shops. Click & Collect – it ems that are fully purchased online but picked up in-store –
these are generally known as online transactions, but there are variances in the
way some retailers account for these transactions.

In 2022 a further 3,236 shops – mostl y supermarkets – sold card-based digital
games content only, including Point-Of-Sale-Activation, Online Time and
Virtual Currency
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General Multiples 26%SHARE OF TOTAL GAMES RETAILER

ESTATE: 2022
Supermarkets 46%
TOTAL
NO. GAMES
RETAILERS 3,436 Others (estimate) 4%
Music/Video Specialists 3%
Electrical Hardware Chains 9% Game & Software Specialists 12%
NO. OF BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS
SELLING GAMES
MUSIC/VIDEO SPECIALISTS GAME & SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS ELECTRICAL/HARDWARE CHAINS GENERAL MULTIPLES
SUPERMARKETS OTHERS (ESTIMATE) TOTAL RETAILERS
2019
20202021
2018 2022
129397
403 3,804
202
1,400 129
292
329 3,326
180
1,388 76
298
332 2,500
160
1,245 4,017
4,611
5,644
6,335 120
404
300 1,592
140
880 113
333
314 2,178
150
929
3,436
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GAMES RETAIL PHYSICAL
ERA’s ‘Physical Formats Share by Retailer Type’ table looks at
the traditional physical boxed games market and measures
value shares by retail channel.
These tables illustrate the general decline of consumer
spending on the boxed game running into the abrupt
and highly disruptive impact of restrictions and closures
brought about by the Covid pandemic.
While ‘home delivery’ operators naturally benefitted from a
closed high street – moving from 45.5% share of the market
in 2019 to 72% in 2021 – it also shows the grocery channel
reducing space committed to the games category, and
high street specialists rapidly regaining the ground it lost
thanks to the return to normal trading conditions in 2022.
Last year, retailers like Game helped the ‘high street’ channel
grow its share from 16.5% to 22.5%, ‘home delivery’ share
eroded to back below the 70% mark while ‘supermarket’
share dipped under 10% for the first time since it entered
the UK’s physical games category.
Source: Physical Games: GfK Entertainment
PHYSICAL FORMAT £ SPEND SHARE
BY RETAILER TYPE – VIDEOGAMES
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
High Street 292.2 227.4 100.8 84.1 110.0
Supermarkets 151.2 101.0 89.3 59.1 39.9
Home Delivery 326.4 274.2 455.6 367.7 338.7
Total Market 769.8 602.6 645.7 510.9 488.6
VIDEOGAMES MARKET – PHYSICAL
FORMAT SHARE BY RETAILER TYPE
(£ MILLION)
HOME DELIVERY SUPERMARKETS HIGH STREET
2019 2020 2021
2018 2022
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
42.4%
38.0%
19.6%
72.0%
16.5%
11.6%
45.5%
37.7%
16.8%
70.6%
15.6%
13.8%
69.3%
22.5%
8.2%
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CHARTS –
COMBINED
ERA’s Top 20 Combined Games Chart
– that brings together physical sales as
measured by GfK Entertainment and
digital sales as provided by Sparkers
/ ISFE – sees two familiar franchises
sitting in the top 2 positions.
Once again, ‘FIFA’ took the No.1 spot
with the ‘FIFA 23’ edition with 2.5m
unit sales, 61% of which came on
digital formats, while ‘Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare II’ finished at No.2
shifting nearly 1.7m units, 65% sold
digitally.
Bandai Namco’s new IP – ‘Elden
Ring’ – was the 2022’s surprise hit,
debuting at No.3 in the annual chart
by shifting over 865k units, with over
three-quarters coming via digital
download.
TOP 20 COMBINED GAMES CHART – 2022
Title Company Combined
Unit SalesPhysical
Units Digital
Units % Shr
Digital
1 FIFA 23 Electronic Arts 2,530,510 980,214 1,550,296 61.3%
2 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II Activision
Blizzard1,675,323 581,786 1,093,537 65.3%
3 Elden Ring Bandai Namco Entertainment865,262 205,114 660,148 76.3%
4 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker
Saga Warner Bros.
Interactive
817,299 387,341 429,958 52.6%
5 Grand Theft Auto V Take 2 816,081 142,939 673,142 82.5%
6 God Of War Ragnarok Sony Computer
Ent. 670,617 443,699 226,918 33.8%
7 FIFA 22 Electronic Arts 567,875 159,119 408,756 72.0% 8 Horizon Forbidden West Sony Computer
Ent. 530,454 409,747 120,707 22.8%
9 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe* Nintendo 426,748 426,748 0 0.0%
10 Pokemon Legends: Arceus* Nintendo 419,894 419,894 0 0.0%
11 Nintendo Switch Sports* Nintendo 360,409 360,409 0 0.0%
12 Gran Turismo 7 Sony Computer Ent.356,630 205,510 151,120 42.4%
13 Red Dead Redemption 2 Take 2
354,905 44,067 310,838 87.6%
14 Pokemon Violet Nintendo 306,437 306,437 0 0.0%
15 F1 22 Electronic Arts 269,072 86,790 182,282 67.7% 16 WWE 2K22 Take 2 263,390 87,165 176,225 66.9%
17 Pokemon Scarlet* Nintendo 239,971 239,971 0 0.0%
18 Minecraft* Nintendo 219,679 219,679 0 0.0%
19 Animal Crossing: New Horizons* Nintendo 210,276 210,276 0 0.0%
20 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Ubisoft 176,311 47,681 128,630 73.0%
Source: Digital: Sparkers / ISFE Phy
sical: GfK Entertainment * No Nintendo digit al data available PSN, XBL & 3rd party Nint
endo, PC Steam sales only
PHYSICAL /
DIGITAL SHARE
OF 2022’S TOP
20 BESTSELLING TITLES
Digital
Formats
50% Physical
Formats
50%
Source: Digital: Sparkers / ISFE Phy
sical: GfK Entertainment Note: Split s only included where there is both
physical and digital data available.
TOTAL
£12.1m
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TOP 20 DIGITAL CONSOLE GAMES CHART 2022Title Company Total Digital
Units Sold
1 FIFA 23 Electronic Arts 1,550,296
2 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II Activision Blizzard 1,093,537
3 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 572,786
4 Elden Ring Bandai Namco
Entertainment478,614
5 FIFA 22 Electronic Arts 408,756
6 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Warner Bros.
Interactive360,776
7 God Of War Ragnarök Sony Interactive Entertainment226,918
8 Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games 209,747
9 F1 22 Electronic Arts 182,282
10 Grand Theft Auto Online Rockstar Games 167,717 11 WWE 2K22 2K167,562
12 Gran Turismo 7 Sony Interactive Entertainment151,120
13 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Electronic Arts 126,276 14 NBA 2K23 2K122,708
15 Horizon Forbidden West Sony Interactive Entertainment120,707
16 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Ubisoft 114,188
17 Far Cry 6 Ubisoft103,751
18 NBA 2K22 2K96,199
19 Monopoly Plus Ubisoft92,369
20 Call Of Duty: Vanguard Activision Blizzard 91,159
Source: Sparkers / ISFE PSN, XBL & 3rd party Nint endo sales only
TOP 20 PC DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN CHART 2022
Title Company Total PC DTO
Units Sold
1 Elden Ring Bandai Namco Ent 181,534
2 Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games 101,091
3 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games 100,356
4 Football Manager 2023 Sega 96,075
5 Total War: Warhammer III Sega 75,090
6 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Warner Bros.
Interactive69,182
7 God Of War Sony Interactive Ent 61,665
8 Sid Meier’s Civilization VI 2K 50,795
9 Football Manager 2022 Sega 50,694
10 Dishonored Bethesda Softworks 44,124
11 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Ubisoft
42,417
12 Cities: Skylines Paradox Interactive 41,821 13 Spider-Man Remastered Sony Interactive Ent 36,21014 Fallout 4 Bethesda Softworks 35,181
15 Monster Hunter Rise Capcom 34,961
16 Horizon Zero Dawn Sony Interactive Ent 34,271 17 Fallout: New Vegas Bethesda Softworks 29,93118 Powerwash Simulator Square Enix 27,557
19 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Special Edition Bethesda Softworks 25,957
20 Days Gone Sony Interactive Ent 24,770
Source: Sparkers / ISFE PC Steam sales only
Warner Interactive has successfully
merged two huge franchises – Lego
and Star Wars – into one popular
game, as ‘Lego Star Wars: The
Skywalker Saga’ sold a combined
817k units, enough to take the No.4
slot in the chart.
Elsewhere in the 2022 games chart landscape, ‘FIFA’ and ‘Call of Duty’
dominate the top positions across
the physical-only and digital-only
charts. And while ‘Elden Ring’ enjoyed
the overall No.3 spot, it took the top
slot in the ‘PC Download-to-Own
Chart’ with 182k units sold, according
to Sparkers.
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TOP 20 PHYSICAL GAMES CHART 2022
Title Company Total Physical
Units Sold
1 FIFA 23
Electronic Arts 980,214
2 Call Of Duty: Modern
Warfare II Activision Blizzard 581,786
3 God Of War Ragnarok Sony Computer Ent. 443,699
4 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo
426,748
5 Pokemon Legends: Arceus Nintendo
419,894
6 Horizon Forbidden West Sony Computer Ent. 409,747
7 Lego Star Wars: The
Skywalker Saga Warner Bros.
Interactive387,341
8 Nintendo Switch Sports Nintendo
360,409
9 Pokemon Violet Nintendo
306,437
10 Pokemon Scarlet Nintendo
239,971
11 Minecraft
Nintendo219,679
12 Animal Crossing: New
Horizons Nintendo
210,276
13 Gran Turismo 7 Sony Computer Ent. 205,510
14 Elden Ring
Bandai Namco
Entertainment205,114
15 FIFA 22
Electronic Arts 159,119
16 Grand Theft Auto V Take 2
142,939
17 Splatoon 3
Nintendo142,517
18 Kirby And The Forgotten
Land Nintendo
131,507
19 Sonic Frontiers Sega
128,359
20 Mario Party Superstars Nintendo
111,083
Source: GSD
CHARTS – PHYSICAL
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TOP 20 GAMING ACCESSORY TRADITIONAL – 2022
Rev
Posn Unit
Posn Title
Format Variant Manufacturer Unit Sales
1 1 Dualsense Wireless Controller For PS5 – White Controller PS5 Sony
Computer
Ent.413,740
3 2 Dualsense Wireless Controller For PS5 – Midnight Black Controller PS5 Sony
Computer
Ent.237,416
4 3 Xbox Wireless Controller – Carbon Black Controller Xbox Series Microsoft 211,169
25 4 Ear Force Recon 50x Headset Black Voice Access HeadsetXbox One/
SeriesTurtle Beach 161,764
9 5 Xbox Wireless Controller – Shock Blue Controller Xbox Series Microsoft 160,220
6 6 PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller V2 (Black) Controller PS4 Sony
Computer
Ent.159,916
8 7 Xbox Wireless Controller – Robot White Controller Xbox Series Microsoft 156,368
19 8 Wired Controller For Xbox – Black Controller Xbox Series Acco 150,999
13 9 PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller V2 Mid Blue Controller PS4 Sony
Computer
Ent.125,819
14 10 Xbox Wireless Controller – Pulse Red Controller Xbox Series Microsoft 123,153
10 11 Dualsense Wireless Controller For PS5 – Cosmic Red Controller PS5 Sony
Computer
Ent.120,035
42 12 Ear Force Recon 50p Headset Black Voice Access HeadsetPS4/PS5 Turtle Beach 115,854
11 13 Dualsense Wireless Controller For PS5 – Starlight Blue Controller PS5 Sony
Computer
Ent.115,395
28 14 Dualsense Charging Station For PS5 Battery Pack/ DockPS5 Sony
Computer
Ent. 112,396
2 15 Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Black Controller Xbox One Microsoft 99,115
7 16 Pulse 3d Wireless Headset For PS4/ PS5 – White Voice Access
HeadsetPS4/PS5 Sony
Computer
Ent. 95,618
37 17 Wired Controller For Xbox – White Controller Xbox Series Acco 85,108
62 18 Xbox Series Twin Docking Station – Black Battery Pack/
DockXbox Series Venom
Products 76,741
21 19 PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller V2 (Red) Controller PS4 Sony Computer
Ent.75,243
16 20 Joy-Con Pair (Neon Purple/Neon Orange) Controller Nintendo
SwitchNintendo 72,711
GfK Entertainment. Total UK Market Estimates

CHARTS –
ACCESSORIES
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UK STATISTICS GAMES / FANCENSUS
GAMES VISIBILITY
& AWARENESS:

ON-STORE
DISCOVERABILITY & PRESS/SOCIAL ACTIVITY

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was the most discoverable title across the whole
of 2022 on online retailers (physical games only, console and PC). ‘Discoverability’
refers to the number of, and quality of, on-store placements of a specific title on
online or console stores. It indicates how commercially visible a title is to consumers
and can help identify why a title may under/overperform.
The most discoverable titles of 2022 span a range of age of titles; from Assassins
Creed: Valhalla, which remained highly discoverable despite being launched in
November 2020, to pre-sale placements for Hogwarts Legacy, released in February
2023, highlighting the high retailer anticipation for such high-profile titles.
Fortnite continues to be the most talked about game in the UK, highlighted by the
number of press articles and social media posts and views. The evergreen nature of
its success is in contrast to the success of the brand new franchise, Elden Ring, which
is just edged out to number 2 position for press and social activity. This social/press
chatter, strong discoverability (taking 3rd position for the year) and sales success,
along with the numerous awards the title has won, prove what a huge breakthrough
phenomenon Elden Ring is with gamers.
The profile of the long-standing franchises Call of Duty and FIFA remain strong, both
with two titles each in the top 10 for press/social activity, whilst the most recent two
instalments of FIFA make the top 10 for discoverability.
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TOP 10 GAMES BY ON-STORE DISCOVERABILITY – UK – 2022
RANK TITLE PUBLISHER
1 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Warner Bros.
2 Hogwarts Legacy Warner Bros.
3 Elden Ring Bandai Namco
4 Far Cry 6 Ubisoft
5 Fifa 22 Electronic Arts
6 Fifa 23 Electronic Arts
7 Rainbow Six: Extraction Ubisoft
8 Gotham Knights Warner Bros.
9 Call Of Duty: Vanguard Activision Blizzard
10 Assassins Creed: Valhalla Ubisoft
Source: Fancensus. Online stores – physical games. Includes all SKUs across console & PC titles.
TOP 10 GAMES BY PRESS/SOCIAL ACTIVITY – UK – 2022
RANK TITLE PUBLISHER
1
Fortnite Epic Games
2 Elden Ring Bandai Namco
3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) Activision Blizzard
4 Grand Theft Auto V: Next Gen Rockstar Games
5 FIFA 23 Electronic Arts
6 Call Of Duty: Warzone Activision Blizzard
7 God Of War: Ragnarok Sony Interactive
Entertainment
8 FIFA 22 Electronic Arts
9 Minecraft Microsoft
10 Apex Legends Electronic Arts
Source: Fancensus. Blended ranking of press mentions, YouTube views, Tweets, Facebook posts and
Instagram posts. Console & PC Games.
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1.1 MILLION UNITS
RETAIL SALES OF UK VIDEO
VALUE
£4,432bn
YOY CHANGE 14.4%
TOP GUN MAVERICK TOPPED
THE CHARTS WITH SALES OF
DIGITAL VIDEO SALES
VALUE
£4,213m
YOY CHANGE 16.2%
RETAIL SALES OF DISCS
VALUE
£209m
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UK STATISTICS VIDEO
MEET THE VIDEO CONSUMER
The TV Set-Top Box is the most used device to watch video content
Streaming video content from Subscription Video on Demand services is the most popular way
to consume paid-for video content, particularly amongst the Under-25s

As a destination for streamed video, Netflix is the most popular c losely
follow ed by Amazon
53.5% 48.8% 26.0% 33.5% 18.3% 13.6% 15.3%
TV Set-top box Smart, Internet
Connected TV Apps Computer / Laptop Smartphone Tablet Amazon Fire Stick Standard DVD player
Netflix
80 .1 %
NowTV
10 .4 %
Disney+
40 .3 %
Apple TV+
8 .2 %
BritBox
3 .5 %
Amazon Prime Video (figure includes Prime subscriptions and
standalone video service)
71 .5 %
TOTAL PANEL UNDER 25 ’s
VIDEO CONSUMPTION PREFERENCES
WHERE SVOD USERS
STREAMED VIDEO
10.5%
Standard Blu-ray /
DVD player
ERA Entertainment Tracker November 2022
ERA Entertainment Tracker November 2022
ERA Quarterly Tracking Study (November 2022)
(conducted by FlyResearch)
TOP DEVICES USED
FOR WATCHING VIDEO
11.4%
9.2%
DVD Digital Retail
8.9%
7.2%
Digital Rental
13.0%
8.1%
5.7%
6.3%
Blu-ray Subscription VOD
(Netflix etc)
83.7%
63.6%
2.4%
3.3%
4K Blu-ray
Roku
2 .0 %
MUBI
1 .2 %
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UK STATISTICS VIDEO
VIDEO OVERVIEW
A record £4.4bn was spent on buying video products
and accessing video content in the UK last year, up 14.4%
versus 2021, the 8th consecutive of year growth posted
by the category.
After two years of disruption, production in the film and
TV industries began ramping up, cinemas stayed open
for a full 12 months and trading conditions on the high
street normalised.
Compelling content started to land more regularly on the
Subscription Video on Demand platforms, the occasional
blockbuster hit the big screens and the new releases
started to refill video distributor schedules.
Since 2018, the burgeoning SVoD market has driven the
majority of revenues generated in the video category
and 2022 saw the sector climb to new heights, adding
an incremental £575m in annual spend. According to
figures produced by FutureSource Consulting, spend on
subscriptions to services like Netflix, Amazon Video and
Disney+ surged to £3.8bn in 2022, up 17.6% versus 2021.
After shrinking by over a third in value terms in 2021, the
annual rate of decline in retail sales of DVDs, Blu-rays and
other physical formats slowed dramatically in 2022, with
£209m spent, down 11.5% year-on-year. The £231.3m
spent in the UK’s digital retail, or EST, market saw the
segment return to annual growth, up 1.1% versus 2021.
The transactional digital video rental market also
rebounded after a difficult 2021, with spend on VoD
rising to £132.2m, up 6.1%, while physical rental revenues
dipped again, down by 19% to £9.9m.
VIDEO – VALUE (£MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 248.9 150.5 117.2 -22.1%
Blu-Ray 106.7 85.7 91.7 7.0%
4K UHD 24.8 23.6 31.5 33.9%
Other Physical 0.0 0.0 0.0 -32.7%
Total Physical Retail 355.7 236.2 209.0 -11.5%
Physical Rental 15.2 12.3 9.9 -19.4%
Total Physical Video 370.9 248.5 218.9 -11.9% Digital Retail (EST) 310.8 228.7 231.3 1.1%Digital Rental (VOD) 157.4 124.6 132.2 6.1%SVoD 2,503.1 3,273.9 3,849.8 17.6%
Total Digital Video 2,971.4 3,627.2 4,213.2 16.2%
Total Video 3,342.2 3,875.7 4,432.2 14.4%
VIDEO – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 27.4 16.0 11.8 -26.2%
Blu-Ray 6.7 5.1 5.4 5.2%
4K UHD 1.1 1.0 1.3 32.9%
Other Physical 0.0 0.0 0.0 -31.9%
Total Physical Retail 34.1 21.1 17.2 -18.6%
Physical Rental 4.3 3.2 2.3 -27.9%
Total Physical Video 38.3 24.3 19.5 -19.8% Digital Retail (EST) 35.5 27.3 25.8 -5.5%
Digital Rental (VOD) 40.6 34.6 33.6 -2.9% Total Digital Video (exc.
SVoD) 76.1 61.9 59.4 -4.0%
Total Video 114.4 86.2 78.9 -8.5%
Sources: DVD, Blu-ray, Other Physical: The Official Charts / BASE. 4K UHD
counted in Blu-ray.
Physical Rental: Omdia
EST / VOD Volume: Futuresource Consulting
Digital Video Value (EST, SVoD, iVoD, Pay TV VoD) PVoD Excluded –
Futuresource Consulting

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VIDEO MARKET SALES BY
SEGMENT
The size of the SVoD market has just about tripled since
2018 with spend growing at a particularly rapid rate over
the last three years. Worth £1,325.4m and a 56% share of
the market in 2018, spend on subscriptions hit £3.8bn in
2022, amounting to an 87% share of the market.
Over the same period spend on DVDs has fallen from
£466.9m to just £117.2m, shedding more than 75% of its
value in 5 years. DVD share of the market now sits at just
3%. While Blu-ray performance has followed a similar 5-year
SHARE OF VIDEO MARKET
BY FORMAT: 2022
DVD 3%Digital Rental 3%
Digital Retail 5%
SVOD 87% Physical Rental 0%
Blu-Ray 2%
trajectory, 2022 saw the format post an annual bump in
spend to £91.1m, securing 2% of the total video market.
Improving EST / Digital Retail sales were worth £231.3m in
2022, or 5% of total market spend, while the VOD market
also suffered some share erosion, down from 3.2% to 3.0%
despite posting a marginal bump in revenues.
TOTAL

MARKET
£4,432.2M
UK STATISTICS VIDEO
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TOTAL MARKET
DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS / SVOD
DIGITAL RETAIL
DIGITAL RENTAL

PHYSICAL RENTAL
BLU-RAY
DVD
Sources: DVD, Blu-ray, Other Physical:
The Official Charts / BASE. 4K UHD
counted in Blu-ray

Physical Rental: Omdia EST / V OD Volume: Futuresource
Consulting Digital Video Value (EST, SVoD, iVoD, Pay
TV VoD) PVoD Excluded – Futuresource
Consulting
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
VIDEO MARKET BY
SEGMENT £ m
2,371.6 2,610.6 3,342.2
3,875.7 4,432.2
117.2
3,849.8
91.7
132.2
231.3
248.9
2,503.1
106.7157.4
310.8
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THE DIGITAL VIDEO MARKET
According to FutureSource Consulting, there were nearly
49 million subscriptions to video streaming services
operating in the UK during 2022, up 6.4% versus 2021, over
double the number of subscriptions in 2018.
19.1 million households are now actively subscribing to
at least one service, converting to a penetration level
of 68% of total UK homes. On average, that is 2.5 active
subscriptions per household. In 2018, the average was just
1.6, the growth illustrative of increasing de-aggregation of
content, content-owners launching their own new services
and the UK consumer’s willingness to stack subscriptions. SUBSCRIPTION VIDEO ON DEMAND (SVOD) – SUBSCRIPTIONS / HOUSEHOLDS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
SVoD Subscriptions 40.6 45.8 48.8 6.4%
SVoD Households 17.5 18.3 19.1 4.3%
Sources: EST / VOD / SVoD Volume: Futuresource Consulting
Digital Video Value (EST, SVoD, iVoD, Pay TV VoD) PVoD Excluded –
Futuresource Consulting
UK HOUSEHOLD SVOD
PENETRATION 2022
Non SVoD
Households
32%
SVoD UK
Households
68%
28m
TOTAL UK
HOUSEHOLDS*
SVOD SUBSCRIPTIONS
SVOD HOUSEHOLDS
SVOD SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS (MILLION)
20.2 27.840.6
48.8
12.3 14.617.5
19.1
2021
2018 20192020 2022
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DIGITAL VIDEO – VALUE (£MILLION)2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Digital Retail (EST) 310.8 228.7 231.3 1.1%
Digital Rental (VOD) 157.4 124.6 132.2 6.1%SVoD 2,503.1 3,273.9 3,849.8 17.6%
Total Digital Video 2,971.4 3,627.2 4,213.2 16.2%
DIGITAL VIDEO – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
20/22
Digital Retail (EST) 35.5 27.3 25.8 -5.5%
Digital Rental (VOD) 40.6 34.6 33.6 -2.9%
Total Digital Video (exc.
SVoD) 76.1 61.9 59.4 -4.0%

SVOD SUBSCRIPTIONS
DIGITAL RETAIL
DIGITAL RENTAL
DIGITAL VIDEO VALUE BY SEGMENT (£ MILLION)
£1,714.3 £2,503.1 £3,849.8
£268.9 £310.8
£231.3
£126.8 £157.4
£132.2
£1,325.4
£254.1
£144.2 £3,273.9
£228.7
£124.6
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100%90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0% JAN FEB MAR APR MAYJUN JUL AUG SEP OCTNOV DEC
51.6%
48.4% 48.1%
51.9% 55.3%
44.7% 50.2%
49.8% 49.8%
50.2% 50.0%
50.0% 48.4%
51.6% 54.7%
45.3% 54.1%
45.9% 50.7%
49.3% 39.7%
60.3% 44.2%
55.8%
PHYSICAL / EST SHARE OF TOP 20 SELL-THROUGH
TITLES BY MONTH
DIGITAL / EST PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL / EST SHARE OF 2022’S TOP 20
BESTSELLING SELL-THROUGH TITLES
TOTAL
6.7m
Digital / EST
56%
Physical
Formats
44%
EST VS PHYSICAL
At the end of this section you will find digital and
physical charts where you will see that the digital
share on single titles varies from just 25% to north of
73%. On average the digital share of the top 20 titles
was 44%.
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VIDEO – VALUE (£MILLION)2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 248.9 150.5 117.2 -22.1%
Blu-Ray 106.7 85.7 91.7 7.0%
4K UHD 24.8 23.6 31.5 33.9%
Total Physical Retail 355.7 236.2 209.0 -11.5%
Physical Rental 15.2 12.3 9.9 -19.4%
Total Physical Video 370.9 248.5 218.9 -11.9%
VIDEO – VOLUME (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 27.4 16.0 11.8 -26.2%
Blu-Ray 6.7 5.1 5.4 5.2%
4K UHD 1.1 1.0 1.3 32.9%
Total Physical Retail 34.1 21.1 17.2 -18.6%
Physical Rental 4.3 3.2 2.3 -27.9%
Total Physical Video 38.3 24.3 19.5 -19.8%
DVD
BLU-RAY
4K UHD
PHYSICAL VIDEO VALUE BY SEGMENT (£ MILLION)
466.9
350.2
150.5
150.0 127.0
85.7
19.6 20.7
23.6
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100%90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
DIGITAL EST NEW RELEASE
VS CATALOGUE UNITS
(FILM ONLY)
CATALOGUE NEW RELEASE
51.4%
48.6% 50.4%
49.6% 40.4%
59.6%
2018 2019 2020 2021
PHYSICAL FORMATS: NEW RELEASE VERSUS CATALOGUE – VALUE (£M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 110.4 65.2 70.2 7.7%
Catalogue 245.3 171.0 138.8 -18.8%
Total Physical 355.7 236.2 209.0 -11.5%
New Release as % of
market 31.0% 27.6% 33.6%
Source: Official Charts/BASE – Retail Only
PHYSICAL FORMATS: NEW RELEASE VERSUS
CATALOGUE – UNITS (M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 9.2 5.3 5.0 -4.2%
Catalogue 24.8 15.9 12.2 -23.3%
Total Physical 34.1 21.1 17.2 -18.6%
New Release as % of
market 27.0% 24.9% 29.2%
Source: Official Charts/BASE – Retail Only
NEW RELEASE VS
CATALOGUE
As the video category continues to re-build its content
offer and reinvigorate the product mix, new release titles
increased their share of overall spend, from 27.6% in 2021
to 33.6% in 2022.
PHYSICAL VIDEO NEW
RELEASE VS CATALOGUE £
2022

NEW RELEASE
50.4%
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
33.6%
66.4% 45.8%
54.2% 44.6%
55.4%
31.0%
69.0% 27.6%
72.4% 47.2%
52.8%
Source: EST Volume, Film Only – Official Charts Company Source: Official Charts Company / BASE – Retail Only
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VIDEO MARKET
PRODUCT
AVAILABILITY

While more compelling, bankable
video content was released to the
market in 2022 compared to the
previous two years, the total number
of new titles available fell yet again,
highlighting just how far the studios
have to go to fully recover the
production ground lost through the
pandemic.
1,219 new titles were made available
on DVD, down 18.5% versus 2021 and
1,201 new titles arrived on Blu-ray,
down 8.8%. The 350 new titles made
available on 4k UHD is, however, up
marginally on 2021 levels, by 1.4%.
The lack of genuine new release
activity in 2021 saw a huge increase
in the number of titles previously
unavailable on digital formats to
be rushed out for the EST and
transactional VOD markets. An
unprecedented 8,144 titles were
released to digital in 2021, over
6,400 more than in 2020. That level
of activity naturally fell back in 2022
with just 1,099 new titles being made
available, down 86.5% year-on-year.
The total number of EST titles
available now stands at 20,431,
closing in on the total number
available on Blu-ray which grew to
21,854 in 2022.
DVD still dominates in terms of
number of titles with 127,344
available to buy, while the category’s
newest physical format – 4K UHD –
still lags far behind the others with
only 1,639 available in total.
NO. OF NEW VIDEO TITLES AVAILABLE ON FORMAT2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 2,901 2,070 1,971 1,495 1,219 -18.5%
Blu-ray 1,583 1,498 1,340 1,317 1,201 -8.8%
4K UHD 204 247 243 345 350 1.4%
EST 2,047 1,463 1,728 8,144 1,099 -86.5%
Source: Kantar
TOTAL NO. OF VIDEO TITLES AVAILABLE
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
DVD 120,589 122,659 124,630 126,125 127,344 1.0%
Blu-ray 16,498 17,996 19,336 20,653 21,854 5.8%
4K UHD 454 701 944 1,289 1,639 27.2%
EST 7,997 9,460 11,188 19,332 20,431 5.7%
Source: Kantar
TOTAL NO. OF VIDEO TITLES AVAILABLE
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000 0
DVD
124,630
Blu-ray19,336 4K UHD
944 EST
11,188 DVD
126,125
Blu-ray20,653 4K UHD
1,289 EST
19,332
NO OF NEW TITLES
AVAILABLE BY FORMAT
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0 2020
DVD
1,971 Blu-ray
1,340
4K UHD243 EST
1,728
2021
DVD
1,495 Blu-ray
1,317 4K UHD
345 EST
8,144
DVD
127,344
Blu-ray21,854 4K UHD
1,639 EST
20,431
2022
DVD
1,219 Blu-ray
1,201 4K UHD
350 EST
1,099
2020 2021 2022
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VIDEO AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
DVD AVERAGE SELLING PRICES2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £7.16 £7.82 £7.87 0.6%
Supermarkets £7.29 £6.93 £7.94 14.6%
Home delivery £7.40 £7.13 £7.59 6.5%
Total Market £7.32 £7.14 £7.74 8.4%
Source: Offical Charts / Kantar. Excludes box sets and multiple disc-sets of 3
or more. Physical product only
BLU-RAY (INCLUDING 4K VARIANTS) AVERAGE
SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £11.13 £12.47 £12.81 2.7%
Supermarkets £14.45 £13.23 £14.04 6.1%
Home delivery £14.15 £14.99 £16.53 10.3%
Total Market £13.40 £14.34 £15.37 7.2%
Source: Offical Charts / Kantar. Excludes box sets and multiple disc-sets of 3
or more. Physical product only
BLU-RAY (EXCLUDING 4K VARIANTS) AVERAGE
SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £10.05 £11.01 £11.41 3.6%
Supermarkets £13.45 £12.83 £13.63 6.2%
Home delivery £11.52 £11.49 £12.11 5.4%
Total Market £11.62 £11.57 £12.05 4.2%
Source: Offical Charts / Kantar. Excludes box sets and multiple disc-sets of 3
or more. Physical product only
4K UHD AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £18.58 £18.76 £18.84 0.4%
Supermarkets £23.82 £23.52 £22.79 -3.1%
Home delivery £23.49 £25.17 £25.56 1.6%
Total Market £22.96 £24.11 £24.30 0.8%
Source: Official Charts / Kantar
Average selling prices in the UK’s physical and digital video
market rose across the board in 2022. The average DVD unit
cost £7.74 in 2022, up 8.4% versus 2021. The supermarket
channel commanded the highest ASP at £7.94, a rise of
14.6% year-on-year, illustrative of the channel focusing
more on smaller, chart focused ranges.
Blu-ray ASPs (excl. 4K) climbed to £12.05 in 2022, up 4.2%
versus the previous year. At £13.63 the highest average
Blu-ray prices were once again found in the supermarkets but, as increasingly seen in their DVD offers, Blu-ray range is
mostly focused on premium new release titles.
The category’s highest definition physical format, 4K UHD,
commanded a selling price that was, on average, more
than double the cost of standard Blu-rays prices. At £24.30,
4K prices are up 0.8% versus 2021, with the Home Delivery
channel generating the highest ASP at £25.56, nearly £3
higher than found elsewhere.
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AVERAGE SELLING PRICES BY VIDEO FORMAT – 2022
4K UHD, £24.30
Blu-ray (inc 4K UHD formats), £15.37
EST, £8.96
£5.00£10.00
£0.00 £20.00
£15.00
4K UHD, £24.11
ELECTRONIC SELL-THROUGH (EST) AVERAGE
SELLING PRICES
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Total EST £8.75 £8.38 £8.96 7.0%
Source: Futuresource
The average price of an EST download climbed to £8.96, up
7% versus 2021.
£25.00
Blu-ray (excl 4K UHD formats), £12.05
DVD, £7.74
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BRICKS & MORTAR VERSUS ONLINE SALES
SPLIT (£ MILLION)
Retail Type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bricks & Mortar 394.7 290.2 146.9 85.1 76.2
Online1,977.0 2,320.4 3,164.8 3,667.2 4,356.0
Total Market 2,371.7 2,610.6 3,311.7 3,752.3 4,432.2
VIDEO MARKET – SPEND SHIFT TO ONLINE (£ MILLION)
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%0%
83.4%
16.6% 88.9%
11.1% 95.6%
4.4%
2019 202020212022
2018

ONLINE BRICKS AND MORTAR
BRICKS AND MORTAR
VERSUS ONLINE

Exposed to the twin impact of pandemic-driven trading
restrictions on the high street and a quickening contraction
in the number of supermarkets stocking physical video
products in the UK, the value of DVDs and Blu-rays sold
by bricks and mortar retailers amounted to just £76.2m in
2022, down from £85.1m in 2021.
When combining the value of the UK’s enormous
Subscription Video on Demand sector, with revenues
delivered by transactional digital video services and spend
on physical video products retailed over the internet by
home delivery operators, the share of overall category
spend shifted even further online in 2022.
A total £4.4bn was spent on accessing digital video content
and making online purchases last year, accounting for a
record 98.3% of overall category revenues.
98.3%
1.7% 97.7%2.3%
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VIDEO RETAIL – DIGITAL
DIGITAL VIDEO SERVICES: 2022
SUBSCRIPTION BUY / RENT
Acorn Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime Apple TV
Apple TV BFI Player
BFI Player BT T V
Britbox Find Any Film
BT T V Google Play
Disney+ Microsoft Films & TV
Google Play NOW Music
Hayu Now TV
Lebara Play Rakuten TV
Mubi Sky
Netflix Sony Playstation TV and Video
NOW Music Talk Talk TV
Now TV Virgin Media
Rakuten TV
Showmax
Sky
Talk Talk TV
TVPlayer
Twitch
Vimeo
Virgin Media
YouTube
YouTube Music
Source: getitrightfromagenuinesite.org
Site-checker ‘Get It Right from A Genuine Site’ audit the
digital video retail market and counted 24 services in the
UK where video can be streamed from, and 14 where it
can be digitally downloaded or rented from.
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PRINCIPAL BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS SELLING VIDEO2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
Specialist Chains (1) 163 132 114 112 122 8.9%
Multiples (2) 3,326 2,464 1,973 757 332 -56.1%
Supermarkets (3) 8,287 7,306 5,711 3,264 2,388 -26.8%
Independents 102 99 82 77 74 -3.9%
Total Retailers 11,878 10,001 7,880 4,210 2,916 -30.7%
Source: Kantar
(1) Specialist Chain – HMV
(2) Multiples are Urban Outfitters, WHSmith, Matalan, Primark, Boots, Moto, Original Factory Store,
B&M, Easons, and SemiChem. (Changes are most likely due to withdrawal from Audio and Video retailing/
stocking).
(3) Supermarket
s include Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s (including Locals*), Tesco (including Metro and
Express*), Waitrose*, Co-Op*, and One-Stop* (*That sell audio and video titles).
NOTE: Supermarkets merged with Multiples in 2022

NO. OF BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS SELLING VIDEO
2,916
11,878
10,001
7,880
4,210

SPECIALIST CHAINS (1) MULTIPLES (2) SUPERMARKETS (3) INDEPENDENTS TOTAL RETAILERS
8,287
3,326
102
1632018
7,306
2,464
99 1322019
5,711
1,973
82 1142020
3,264
757 77 1122021
2022
332 74 122
2,388
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000 0
VIDEO RETAIL –
PHYSICAL

According to Kantar, the total
number of bricks and mortar retailers
stocking video fell dramatically in
2022, down from 4,210 shops in 2021
to 2,916, a decline of 30.7% year-on-
year.
876 fewer supermarkets ranged
video product in 2022, continuing
a trend that started to accelerate
in 2019. Despite that decline,
supermarkets still dominate the
bricks and mortar channel for video,
representing 82% of total outlets
selling DVDs and Blu-rays in the UK.
The number of shops in the multiples
channel stocking video also fell
sharply, down 425 outlets to 332,
a decline of 56.1%. hmv – the only
retailer left in the specialist sector
still selling physical video – stocked
product in 10 more stores than in
2021, up to 122, while the indie
channel lost a further 3 shops, down
to 74.
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PHYSICAL FORMAT £ SPEND SHARE BY RETAILER TYPE VIDEO
Retail Type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
High Street 148.2 103.9 44.7 35.7 50.1
Supermarkets 245.0 185.1 101.4 48.8 26.1
Home Delivery 223.7 188.2 209.6 151.7 132.8
Total Market 616.9 477.2 355.7 236.2 209.0
SHARE OF TOTAL VIDEO RETAILER ESTATE: 2022
Supermarkets (3)
82%
TOTAL

NO. VIDEO
RETAILERS
2,916
Specialist
Chains (1)
4%Independents
3%
VIDEO RETAILERS
– PHYSICAL

After two years of damaging
restrictions, the UK’s high street
specialist and supermarket channels
enjoyed a return to relatively normal
trading conditions through 2022,
allowing traditional bricks and
mortar shops to compete for share
of the DVD and Blu-ray market more
effectively.
The high street channel in particular
capitalised, managing to return 40%
year-on-year growth in physical
video product revenues, pushing
spend totals back up through
the £50m mark. Achieved against
a backdrop of falling consumer
demand, Specialist share rebounded
from 15% in 2021, to 24% in 2022.
The number of supermarket outlets
selling DVDs and Blu-rays fell by
more than 25% in 2022, while many
others reduced floorspace dedicated
to video. As a consequence, spend
in the channel declined by almost
50% to £26.1m, with market share
contracting to just 12.5%.
For context, in 2018, supermarket
share stood at around 40%.
During the pandemic, the UK’s
physical online retailers helped
satisfy consumer demand for DVDs
and Blu-rays as other retailers were
forced to close. This helped the
channel build share significantly,
growing from 39% in 2019, to over
64% in 2021. As the high streets and
supermarkets re-opened, revenues
and share declined a little through
2022, with sales worth £132.8m
down 12.5% year-on-year and share
slipping from 64.2% to 63.5%.
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%0%
VIDEO MARKET – PHYSICAL FORMAT SHARE
BY RETAILER TYPE (£ MILLION)
SUPERMARKETS HOME DELIVERY
20.6%
64.2%
2021
15.1%
Note: From July 2022 the Supermarket channel was merged with the Specialist channel
Multiples (2)
11%
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TOP 20 VIDEO CHART 2022
Title Corp. Group Total Video Units Total
DVD
Units Total
Blu-ray Units Total
Digital % Shr
Digital
1 Top Gun –
Maverick Elevation
Sales
1,146,768 197,345 108,220 841,202
73.4%
2 Spider-Man –
No Way Home Sony
Pictures He
885,581 151,020 116,679 617,883
69.8%
3 Dune (2021) Warner
Home Video426,614 108,781 121,354 196,479
46.1%
4 The Batman Warner
Home Video365,891 110,392 109,632 145,867
39.9%
5 Ghostbusters –
Afterlife Sony
Pictures He
341,838 78,452 48,669 214,718
62.8%
6 No Time To Die Warner
Home Video333,970 169,707 71,297 92,965
27.8%
7 Sing 2 Warner
Home Video312,101 72,373 8,961 230,767
73.9%
8 Jurassic World
– Dominion Warner
Home Video
289,002 112,482 56,812 119,708
41.4%
9 Downton Abbey
– A New Era Warner
Home Video
266,634 173,865 21,752 71,017
26.6%
10 Uncharted Sony
Pictures He253,166 56,830 26,375 169,961
67.1%
11 Venom – Let
There Be
Carnage Sony
Pictures He
241,193 99,225 56,566 85,403
35.4%
12 Encanto Walt Disney
Studios238,539 110,894 14,182 113,463
47.6%
13 Fantastic
Beasts –
Secrets Of
Dumbledore Warner
Home Video
233,327 113,417 47,532 72,378
31.0%
14 Top Gun Elevation
Sales226,391 41,651 22,932 161,809
71.5%
15 Elvis Warner
Home Video225,437 125,060 35,425 64,953
28.8%
16 Sonic The
Hedgehog 2 Elevation
Sales
214,183 43,323 15,170 155,691
72.7%
17 The Matrix
Resurrections Warner
Home Video
200,672 66,219 51,370 83,084
41.4%
18 Elf Warner
Home Video175,637 44,405 4,896 126,334
71.9%
19 Bullet Train Sony
Pictures He148,185 21,932 21,012 105,240
71.0%
20 Doctor
Strange In The
Multiverse Of Walt Disney
Studios
131,524 56,331 42,630 32,562
24.8%
Source: Offical Charts Company EST film volume comprised of data from the
following services: Amazon; iTunes; SKY Store;
Talk Talk; Rakuten; Virgin
Weighting applied by Official Charts to EST data
to take into account “other” EST film services not
reporting
Within the chart, only titles available from all of
the top 3 services (based on market share) would
be eligible to be displayed in the chart in order to
preserve retailer confidentiality

Windowed releases through a single service and
Service Exclusives excluded from the chart

The return of Tom Cruise in ‘ Top Gun:
Maverick’ was the cinema event of
the year in 2022 as the film topped
the box office charts, with the £84m
taken representing 9% of the annual
total, according to the BFI.
This success translated neatly to the
sell-through market, with 1.1m units
sold across EST and physical formats,
representing 17% of total sales
across the annual Top 20. Enjoying
an unusually long digital window –
10 weeks – it is no surprise that EST
dominated format sales, with 841k
units representing 73.4% of the total.
‘Spiderman – No Way Home’ was the
only film to deliver volumes anywhere
near ‘Maverick’ with 886k units sold,
69.8% coming on digital.
Overall, it was a much better year for
the video category at the top end
of the market, with more than 6.6m
units sold over the top 20 titles, over
2 million more than last year’s Top 20
delivered.
While digital formats took a 56%
share of the annual top 20, physical
formats took a higher share of the top
20 across 6 of 12 months of 2022.
VIDEO CHARTS
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TOP 20 VIDEO CHART 2022 – DIGITAL VERSUS PHYSICAL
WEEK 1 SALES
Title Corp. Group Total Video
Units Sold – 2022 Week1
Physical Units Week1
Digital EST EST Release
Window
1 Top Gun – Maverick Elevation
Sales1,146,768 113,074 351,052 10 Weeks
2 Spider-Man – No Way
Home Sony
Pictures He
885,581 127,545 257,169 3 Weeks
3 Dune (2021) Warner
Home Video426,614 71,351 29,049 2 Weeks
4 The Batman Warner
Home Video365,891 80,180 29,056 3 Weeks
5 Ghostbusters – Afterlife Sony
Pictures He341,838 42,741 74,204 3 Weeks
6 No Time To Die Warner
Home Video333,970 620,168 73,135 1 Week
7 Sing 2 Warner
Home Video312,101 18,762 18,405 2 Weeks
8 Jurassic World –
Dominion Warner
Home Video
289,002 59,284 32,838 2 Weeks
9 Downton Abbey – A
New Era Warner
Home Video
266,634 60,624 14,271 2 Weeks
10 Uncharted Sony
Pictures He253,166 20,898 49,429 2 Weeks
11 Venom – Let There Be
Carnage Sony
Pictures He
241,193 58,030 31,620 2 Weeks
12 Encanto Walt Disney
Studios238,539 20,516 3,843 7 Weeks
13 Top Gun Elevation
Sales226,391 Released 1989
(No week 1 sales available)
14 Fantastic Beasts –
Secrets Of Dumbledore Warner
Home Video
233,327 49,005 9,235 2 Weeks
15 Elvis Warner
Home Video225,437 40,900 12,344 No Window
16 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Elevation
Sales214,183 19,682 46,607 8 Weeks
17 The Matrix
Resurrections Warner
Home Video
200,672 30,897 16,713 1 Week
18 Elf Warner
Home Video175,637 158,674 Released 2004
19 Bullet Train Sony
Pictures He148,185 9,669 26,408 3 Weeks
20 Doctor Strange In The
Multiverse Of Walt Disney
Studios
131,524 34,850 9,375 2 Weeks
Source: Offical Charts Company EST film v
olume comprised of data from the
following services: Amazon; Apple Video; SKY
Store; Talk Talk; Rakuten
Weighting applied by Official Charts to EST data
to take into account “other” EST film services not
reporting
Within the chart, only titl
es available from all of
the top 3 services (based on market share) would
be eligible to be displayed in the chart in order to
preserve retailer confidentiality
Windowed releases through a single service and
Service Exclusives excluded from the chart

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OFFICIAL TOP 20 EST VIDEO CHART 2022
Title Corp. GroupTotal EST
Video Units Sold
1 Top Gun – Maverick Elevation Sales 841,202
2 Spider-Man – No Way Home Sony Pictures He 617,883
3 Sing 2 Warner Home Video 230,767
4 Ghostbusters – Afterlife Sony Pictures He 214,718
5 Dune (2021) Warner Home Video 196,479
6 Uncharted Sony Pictures He 169,961
7 Top Gun Elevation Sales 161,809
8 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Elevation Sales 155,691
9 The Batman Warner Home Video 145,867
10 Elf Warner Home Video 126,334
11 Jurassic World – Dominion Warner Home Video 119,708
12 Encanto Walt Disney Studios 113,463
13 Bullet Train Sony Pictures He 105,240
14 No Time To Die Warner Home Video 92,965
15 The Grinch (Animated) Warner Home Video 91,315
16 Paw Patrol – The Movie Elevation Sales 89,032
17 Venom – Let There Be
Carnage Sony Pictures He 85,403
18 The Matrix Resurrections Warner Home Video 83,084
19 The Lost City Elevation Sales 81,841
20 The King’s Man Walt Disney Studios 75,747 TOP 20 VOD VIDEO CHART 2022 (OCT 2022) Title Corp. Group Total VOD
Video Units Sold
1 Top Gun Paramount487,457
2 Spider-Man – No Way Home Sony Pictures He 456,290
3 Uncharted Sony Pictures He 419,972
4 No Time To Die Mgm400,770
5 The Lost City Paramount347,745
6 Venom – Let There Be
Carnage Sony Pictures He 329,635
7 Top Gun – Maverick Paramount 326,458
8 Ghostbusters – Afterlife Sony Pictures He 322,128
9 The Batman Warner Home Video 272,674
10 Sing 2 Universal Pictures 216,194
11 Fantastic Beasts – Secrets Of
Dumbledore Warner Home Video 213,418
12 House Of Gucci Mgm 203,414
13 Dune (2021) Warner Home Video 173,337
14 Jurassic World – Dominion Universal Pictures 172,830
15 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Paramount 157,889
16 Operation Mincemeat Warner Home Video 156,608
17 Morbius Sony Pictures He 150,256
18 Jackass Forever Paramount 149,252
19 Downton Abbey – A New Era Universal Pictures 146,234
20 Belfast Universal Pictures 134,411
Source: Official Charts Company
Note: VOD reporting is subject to delays and full-year end chart not available
at time of publication. The above chart represents VOD transactions measured
between January and October 2022. The reporting panel consists of rental
information from Amazon, Apple, Rakuten, Sky Store and TalkTalk.
A confidential upweighting has been applied to services active in VOD but
not currently reporting. Windowed releases through one service and retailer
exclusives will be excluded from all charts but volume included within market
level figures (where data has been delivered to us).

Source: Official Charts Company
EST film volume comprised of data from the following services: Amazon;
iTunes; SKY Store; Talk Talk; Wuaki
Weighting applied by Official Charts to EST data to take into account “other”
EST film services not reporting Windowed releases through a single service and Service Exclusives excluded
from the chart.

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VIDEO CHARTS

OFFICIAL TOP 20 PHYSICAL VIDEO CHART 2022
Title Corp. Group Total Video Units
SoldTotal DVD Units
SoldTotal Blu-ray
Units Sold
1 Top Gun – Maverick Elevation
Sales305,565 197,345 108,220
2 Spider-Man – No Way
Home Sony
Pictures He
267,698 151,020 116,679
3 No Time To Die Warner
Home Video241,004 169,707 71,297
4 Dune (2021) Warner
Home Video230,135 108,781 121,354
5 The Batman Warner
Home Video220,024 110,392 109,632
6 Downton Abbey – A
New Era Warner
Home Video
195,616 173,865 21,752
7 Jurassic World –
Dominion Warner
Home Video
169,294 112,482 56,812
8 Fantastic Beasts –
Secrets Of Dumbledore Warner
Home Video
160,949 113,417 47,532
9 Elvis Warner
Home Video160,485 125,060 35,425
10 Venom – Let There Be
Carnage Sony
Pictures He
155,791 99,225 56,566
11 Ghostbusters – Afterlife Sony
Pictures He127,120 78,452 48,669
12 Encanto Walt Disney
Studios125,076 110,894 14,182
13 The Matrix
Resurrections Warner
Home Video
117,588 66,219 51,370
14 Doctor Strange In The
Multiverse Of Walt Disney
Studios
98,961 56,331 42,630
15 Uncharted Sony
Pictures He83,205 56,830 26,375
16 Sing 2 Warner
Home Video81,334 72,373 8,961
17 Eternals Walt Disney
Studios80,589 47,803 32,786
18 Top Gun/Top Gun
Maverick Elevation
Sales
79,732 48,192 31,540
19 Thor – Love And
Thunder Walt Disney
Studios
79,019 47,682 31,336
20 Belfast Warner
Home Video76,249 67,880 8,369
Source: Offical Charts Company / BASE

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UK STATISTICS MUSIC
460,000
VALUE
£1,987bn
YOY CHANGE 3%
HARRY’S HOUSE TOPPED
THE ALBUMS CHART WITH
SALES OF
RETAIL SALES OF MUSIC
AUDIO STREAMS
VALUE
£1,661bn
YOY CHANGE 5%
SALES OF VINYL
VALUE
£151m
YOY CHANGE 11%

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MEET THE MUSIC CONSUMER
The In-Car Radio is still the most used device to access music
Streamed music is the most popular format, particularly amongst the Under-25s

Based on indicative ERA T racker panel data from 2,000 UK respondents, Spotify
leads the way as a destination for streamed music
12.3% 9.8%
CD
49.4 %
In-car – Radio
Spotify Amazon Music
74 .7 % 33 .4 %
YouTube Music
14 .3 %
TOP DEVICES USED
FOR LISTENING TO
MUSIC
TOTAL PANEL UNDER 25 ’s
MUSIC CONSUMPTION PREFERENCES
WHERE MUSIC
STREAMERS LISTENED
Tidal
1 .8 %
Soundcloud
4 .4 % % Amazon Music Unlimited
and Amazon Prime Music
ERA Entertainment Tracker November 2022
ERA Entertainment Tracker November 2022
ERA Quarterly Tracking Study (November 2022)
(conducted by FlyResearch)
UK STATISTICS MUSIC
16.7 %
Smart,
Internet-
connected TV
App (YouTube, Spotify etc)
16.9 %
Wireless / Bluetooth Speaker
20.1 %
In-Car – CD
23.6 %
Smart Speaker (Amazon Echo, Google Home etc)
23.2 %
CD Player
26.3 %
AM / FM Radio
35.1 %
DAB Radio
(Digital Radio)
37.5 %
Computer / Laptop
47.6 %
Smartphone
3.9% 5.7%
LP
0.6% 0.8%
Cassette
6.3% 9.8%
MP3
35.6% 70.7%
Subscription Streaming
24.3% 56.1%
Free Streaming
Apple Music
15 .4 %
Deezer
4. 2 %
12.3 %
Turntable

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UK STATISTICS MUSIC
MUSIC OVERVIEW
Last year saw robust gains in the streaming sector
offset declines in the physical format market,
pushing overall spend in the music category
up 3% year-on-year. Nearly £2bn was spent on
streaming subscriptions, vinyl LPs, CDs, and MP3s
in 2022 – the ninth consecutive year of growth.
According to ERA / BPI estimates, spend in the
subscription streaming market surged through
the £1.6bn mark, up 5% versus 2021, accounting
for 84% of total music category value.
As measured by the Official Charts Company,
over 170 billion streams were recorded across
subscription and ad-funded tiers in 2022, up 6.6%
year-on-year.
After posting vinyl-driven growth in 2021, spend
on combined physical format albums fell back in
2022, down 3.9% to £276.5m. The buoyant vinyl
LP market continues to forge ahead, bursting
through the £150m mark in 2022. Vinyl now
generates more revenue than CDs in the UK,
taking an 8% share of total category spend.
Down 17.4% year-on-year, CD album sales
declined to £124m, which represents a 6% share
of the total music pie, while spend on niche
physical formats also fell, down 4.4% to £1.9m.
The digital MP3 albums market posted another
double-digit reverse in 2021, down 17.5% to
£27.5m, which amounts to just 1% of total
category value.
The singles market contracted again in 2022,
down 14.4% to £21.8m. While combined physical
singles sales grew by 3.8% to £3.9m, the MP3
tracks market shrank by 17.6% year-on-year
finishing on £17.8m.
MUSIC – VALUE (£MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
CD 156.2 150.1 124.0 -17.4%
Vinyl LP 110.1 135.6 150.5 11.0%
Other Physical Albums 1.9 2.0 1.9 -4.4%
Total Physical Albums* 268.1 287.7 276.5 -3.9%
Digital Albums 43.5 33.4 27.5 -17.5%
Total Albums 311.6 321.1 304.0 -5.3%
Vinyl Singles 3.1 3.3 3.3 -0.5%
CD & Other Physical Singles 0.4 0.5 0.7 31.3%
Total Physical Singles 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.8%
Digital Singles** 28.7 21.6 17.8 -17.6%
Total Singles 32.2 25.4 21.8 -14.4%
Subscription Streaming *** 1,391.0 1,582.3 1,661.1 5.0%
Total Music 1,734.9 1,928.9 1,986.9 3.0%
MUSIC – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
CD 16.9 15.1 12.2 -19.3%
Vinyl LP 5.1 5.6 5.8 2.9%
Other Physical Albums 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7%
Total Physical Albums* 22.2 21.0 18.2 -13.1%
Digital Albums 5.9 4.6 3.7 -18.9%
Total Albums 28.1 25.6 21.9 -14.1%
Vinyl Singles 0.3 0.3 0.2 -7.8%
CD & Other Physical Singles 0.1 0.2 0.2 12.2%
Total Physical Singles 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1%
Digital Singles** 31.3 23.7 19.5 -17.8%
Total Singles 31.7 24.1 19.9 -17.5%
Audio Streams 139,283.0 147,218.9 159,300.2 8.2%
Video Streams 13,945.6 12,492.5 10,884.1 -12.9%
Total Streams 153,228.6 159,711.4 170,184.4 6.6%
Streaming Equivalent Albums*** 125.2 132.4 143.1 8.1%
Total Album Equivalent Sales 156.5 160.3 167.0 4.2%
*Upweighted by 5% from Official Charts numbers to reflect 100% of market **Combines single tr ack and bundle sales ***ERA / BPI estimat e
Sourc
e: Official Charts Company. *Upweighted by 5% from Official Charts numbers to re-
flect 100% of market. **Combines single track and bundle sales. *** Streaming Equivalent
Albums (audio and video streams divided by 6,000 or 1,000 according to source (premium or
ad-supported))
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MUSIC SALES BY
SEGMENT

TOTAL
MARKET
£1,986.9m
MUSIC MARKET 2022: SHARE BY FORMAT
CD 6%
Vinyl LP 8%Digital Albums 1%Digital Singles 1%
Subscription
Streaming 84%
MUSIC MARKET BY SEGMENT (£M)
2,000
1,500
1,000 500 0
VINYL LP DIGITAL SINGLES CD & OTHER PHYSICAL SINGLES
CD DIGITAL ALBUMS VINYL SINGLES TOTAL
Physical and Downloads: Official Charts Company
Subscription Streaming: ERA / BPI Estimates
1,648.7 1,928.9
1,986.9
1,513.5 1,734.9
2020
3.1 28.7 43.5 110.1
156.2
1,391.0
2019
2.6 40.4 53.2 97.1
217.0
1,236.9
2018
2.6 54.9 73.4 91.3
288.1
1,002.0 2021
3.3 21.6 33.4 135.6
150.1
1,582.3
2022
3.3 17.8 27.5 150.5
124.0
1,661.1
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THE STREAMING MUSIC
MARKET
According to the Official Charts Company,
137.7bn premium streams were recorded in 2022
across the paid-for subscription tier, up 8.5%
year-on-year, accounting for 81% of total streams
volume. 32.5bn streams were recorded across
the ad-funded, free tier – down 1% – making up
19% of the total.
Audio’s share of the streaming market moved
further ahead of video in 2022 with a total
159.3bn streams recorded, up 8.2% versus 2021,
securing 94% of the total market. Video-only
streams declined in 2022, down 12.9% versus
2021 totals to 10.9bn.
Digging deeper into the audio-only streaming
segment, paid-for premium streams grew by
8.5% to 137.3bn in 2022 representing 86% of
the total audio-only volume. The ad-funded
market enjoyed a bump too, up 6.7% to 22bn.
Combined, the audio streams market is up 8.2%
to 159.3bn.
In contrast to audio streaming, In the video-only
streaming segment is dominated by free, ad-
funded plays. 10.5bn ad-funded video streams
were recorded in 2022, down 13.9% versus
2021 amounting to 98% of total video streams.
While only 2% of the market, the premium video
streaming segment is in growth, with the 384m
recorded up 28% year-on-year.
In terms of the label market share, around 73%
of total streams were by artists and bands signed
to one the three major record labels – Universal
Music, Sony Music and Warner Music – while 26%
belonged to performers signed to independent
record labels.
STREAMING MARKET – CHART-ELIGIBLE PREMIUM
VERSUS AD-FUNDED – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Audio & Video Premium 119,562.6 126,881.9 137,674.1 8.5%
Audio & Video Ad-Funded 33,666.0 32,829.5 32,510.3 -1.0%
Total Streams 153,228.6 159,711.4 170,184.4 6.6%
Note: Audio Streams also includes static video and lyric videos Video Streams only include official claimed video content Sourc
e: Official Charts Company.
STREAMING MARKET – CHART-ELIGIBLE
AUDIO VERSUS VIDEO – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Audio Streams 139,283.0 147,218.9 159,300.2 8.2%
Video Streams 13,945.6 12,492.5 10,884.1 -12.9%
Total Streams 153,228.6 159,711.4 170,184.4 6.6%
Note: Audio Streams also includes static video and lyric videos Video Streams onl
y include official claimed video content Source: Official Charts Company.
STREAMING MARKET – CHART-ELIGIBLE VIDEO
PREMIUM VERSUS AD-FUNDED – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022change
21/22
Video Premium 219.1 299.9 383.8 28.0%
Video Ad-Funded 13,726.4 12,192.6 10,500.3 -13.9%
Total Video Streams 13,945.6 12,492.5 10,884.1 -12.9%
Note: No prem / ad-f splits available for 2018 Audio Streams also includes s tatic video and lyric videos Video Streams only include official claimed video content Source: Official Charts Company.
STREAMING MARKET – CHART-ELIGIBLE AUDIO PREMIUM
VERSUS AD-FUNDED – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Audio Premium 119,343.5 126,582.1 137,290.3 8.5%
Audio Ad-Funded 19,939.5 20,636.9 22,010.0 6.7%
Total Audio Streams 90,915.5 147,218.9 159,300.2 8.2%
Note: Audio Streams also includes static video and lyric videos Video Streams only include official claimed video content Source: Official Charts Company.
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THE STREAMING MUSIC MARKET –
CHART ELIGIBLE STREAMS

COMBINED AUDIO & VIDEO
– PREMIUM VS AD-FUNDED: 2022
TOTAL
170.2bn
Ad-Funded
19%
Premium
81%
TOTAL AUDIO STREAMS VS TOTAL VIDEO STREAMS: 2022
TOTAL
170.2bn
Audio
Streams
94%
Video
Streams
6%
AUDIO STREAMS – PREMIUM
VS AD-FUNDED:2022
Audio
Premium 86%
Audio Ad-
Funded
14%
TOTAL
159.3bn
VIDEO STREAMS – PREMIUM VS AD-FUNDED:2022
TOTAL
10.9bn
Video
Premium 2%
Video Ad-
Funded
98%
Note: Matched, chart-eligible streams only / Audio
& video. Source: Official Charts Company
TOTAL STREAMS – MAJORS
VS INDIES % VOLUME SHARE: 2022
Indie Labels
26%
Major
Labels
73%
Umatched
to Label 1%
TOTAL
170.2bn
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PHYSICAL MUSIC
MARKET

Spend on combined physical formats product
totalled £280.4m in 2022, down 3.8% year-
on-year, with burgeoning vinyl sales not quite
enough to offset declines in spend on CDs.
The UK’s 400+ independent record shops enjoyed
a full year of uninterrupted trading, helping drive
those vinyl LP sales north: 5.8m units were sold in
2022, up 2.9%, generating £150.5m at retail, up
11% year-on-year. In contrast, CD album volumes
fell 19.3% to 12.2m units, although rising average
selling prices saw more value retained, ending
17.4% down at £124m. PHYSICAL FORMAT MUSIC – VALUE (£ MILLION)2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
CD 156.2 150.1 124.0 -17.4%
Vinyl LP 110.1 135.6 150.5 11.0%
Other Physical Albums 1.9 2.0 1.9 -4.4%
Total Physical Albums* 268.1 287.7 276.5 -3.9%
Vinyl Singles 3.1 3.3 3.3 -0.5%
CD & Other Physical Singles 0.4 0.5 0.7 31.3%
Total Physical Singles* 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.8%
Total Physical Music* 271.6 291.5 280.4 -3.8%
PHYSICAL FORMAT MUSIC – UNITS (MILLION)
2020 2021 2022 change 21/22
CD 16.9 15.1 12.2 -19.3%
Vinyl LP 5.1 5.6 5.8 2.9%
Other Physical Albums 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7%
Total Physical Albums* 22.2 21.0 18.2 -13.1%
Vinyl Singles 0.2 0.3 0.2 -12.9%
CD & Other Physical Singles 0.1 0.1 0.2 130.7%
Total Physical Singles* 0.3 0.4 0.4 20.4%
Total Physical Music* 22.5 21.4 18.7 -12.6%
*Upweighted by 5% from Official Charts numbers to reflect 100% of market

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THE VINYL MARKET
According to the Official Charts Company, the vinyl LP
market recorded annual growth in both volume and value
terms in 2022, with unit sales up 2.9% to 5.8m pushing
value through the £150m, up 11%.
Vinyl share of the combined physical format album market
moved above 50% for the first time this century, securing
54.5% of total spend last year – more than double the share
it had in 2019.
Over 2m albums were sold through the UK’s independent
sector, with the channel continuing to recover share lost
during the pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021, plus some,
VINYL ALBUMS –
UNITS (MILLIONS)
Total
Market
Volume (m) Year-on-
Year %
Variance Specialist
Units Super-
market Units Inde-
pendent Units Specialist
% Share Super-
market % Share Indepen-
dent % Share
0.8 101.2% 0.5 0.4 55.6% 0.0% 44.4%
1.4 64.4% 0.9 0.5 63.7% 0.0% 36.3%
2.2 63.7% 1.5 0.0 0.7 68.0% 0.3% 31.6% 3.4 52.3% 2.3 0.2 0.8 68.4% 6.9% 24.7%4.3 26.8% 2.8 0.3 1.1 65.9% 8.0% 26.1%4.4 1.6% 2.9 0.3 1.2 65.4% 7.1% 27.6%4.6 4.2% 3.1 0.2 1.3 66.8% 5.2% 28.0%5.1 11.3% 3.7 0.2 1.3 72.0% 3.1% 24.9%5.6 10.6% 3.9 0.1 1.7 68.7% 1.0% 30.3%5.8 2.9% 3.7 2.1 64.2% 0.0% 35.8%
VINYL ALBUMS –
VALUE (£M)
Year Total Vinyl Album Market Value (£m) Year-on-
Year %
Variance Vinyl as % of
Total Physical Album £
2013 14.7 101.4% 1.2%
2014 25.9 76.2% 2.7%
2015 42.5 64.1% 5.0%
2016 65.6 54.4% 8.3%
2017 87.7 33.7% 14.0%
2018 91.3 4.1% 19.1%
2019 97.1 6.4% 24.0%
2020 110.1 13.3% 30.8%
2021 135.6 23.2% 41.0%
2022 150.5 11.0% 54.5%
Source: Official Charts. Note: Home Delivery volumes counted in ‘Specialist’ From July 2022 the Supermarket channel was merged with the Specialist channel

INDEPENDENTS SPECIALISTS
SUPERMARKETS TOTAL MARKET 6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0
VINYL MARKET VOLUME SALES BY
RETAILER TYPE (MILLIONS)
2018 2019
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VINYL LP ALBUMS: NEW RELEASE
VERSUS CATALOGUE – VALUE (£M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 40.2 54.5 59.9 9.7%
Catalogue 69.8 81.0 90.7 11.9%
Total LP 110.1 135.6 150.5 11.0%
New Release as % of
market 36.5% 40.2% 39.8%
Source: Official Charts Company / ERA Weighted to reflect 100% of market
VINYL LP ALBUMS: NEW RELEASE

VERSUS CATALOGUE – UNITS (M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 1.7 2.1 2.2 5.9%
Catalogue 3.4 3.5 3.6 1.0%
Total LP 5.1 5.6 5.8 2.9%
New Release as % of
market 33.1% 37.4% 38.5%
Source: Official Charts Company / ERA Weighted to reflect 100% of market
NEW RELEASE V CATALOGUE
– VINYL
While vinyl new release sales grew year-on-year by almost
6% in volume and 10% in value, the format remains
majority-catalogue. Despite narrowing annual growth in
older vinyl product – up 1% to 3.6m units and 12% in value
to £90.7m – catalogue represented around 61% of total
format sales in 2022.
Share in the CD market shifted more decisively towards
catalogue, despite sales of older albums declining by
around 10% in 2022. In terms of new release, sales declined
at a much faster rate, down around 27% in volume and 24%
in value versus 2021.
For the first time ever new release titles secured less than
50% of total yearly CD volume, falling from 50.3% to 45.3%
in 2022, although strong ASPs means sales value remained
majority new release at 51%.
NEW RELEASE VS CATALOGUE VALUE £M

(LP ALBUMS)
41.1%
58.9%
42.1%
57.9%
36.5%
63.5%
120
100
80
60
40
200 2020
2019
2018

CATALOGUE NEW RELEASE TOTAL VINYL LP MARKET
40.2%
59.8%
2021
91.3
97.1110.1 135.6
150.5
39.8%
60.2%
2022
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CD ALBUMS: NEW RELEASE
VERSUS CATALOGUE – UNITS (M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 8.6 7.6 5.5 -27.3%
Catalogue 8.4 7.5 6.7 -11.1%
Total CD 16.9 15.1 12.2 -19.3%
New Release as % of
market 50.6% 50.3% 45.3%
Source: Official Charts Company / ERA Weighted to reflect 100% of market
CD ALBUMS: NEW RELEASE

VERSUS CATALOGUE – VALUE (£M)
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
New Release 87.5 82.7 63.2 -23.6%
Catalogue 68.8 67.4 60.8 -9.8%
Total CD 156.2 150.1 124.0 -17.4%
New Release as % of
market 56.0% 55.1% 51.0%
NEW RELEASE V
CATALOGUE CD

New release CD continued to bear the brunt of the decline
down 23.6% in 2022, with catalogue CD seeing a more
modest 9.8% decline. New release as a share of market
continued to drift downwards in 2022 and now accounts
for 51% of the market in value terms and just 45.3% in
volume terms.
NEW RELEASE VS CATALOGUE VALUE
£M (CD ALBUMS)
CATALOGUE NEW RELEASE TOTAL CD MARKET
400
300
200
100
0
2020 2019 2018 2021
288.1
217.0156.2150.1
124.0 2022
63.1%
36.9%
60.8%
39.2%
56.0%
44.0%
55.1%
44.9%
51.0%
49.0%
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PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
After years of steady decline, the number of
new titles made available on CD ticked upwards
in 2022, to 14,850, up 2.8% versus 2021, while
16,777 new titles came to other physical formats
like vinyl, up 17.6% year-on-year.
26,682 new titles arrived on digital formats in
2022, just one less than arrived in 2021.
The total number of CD titles available has risen
by 2.3% to 650,822, around 50k more than are
available on digital formats, where the total
has grown by 4.6% versus 2021 to just over
600k titles.
There are now over 217k vinyl and other physical
format titles in total available for retailers, up
8.4% versus 2021.
NO. OF NEW MUSIC TITLES AVAILABLE BY FORMAT2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
CD Albums 17,800 16,723 14,619 14,447 14,850 2.8%
Digital Albums 29,146 26,420 26,585 26,683 26,682 0.0%
Other 13,287 13,585 13,175 14,270 16,777 17.6%
TOTAL NO. OF MUSIC TITLES AVAILABLE
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
CD Albums 590,183 606,906 621,525 635,972 650,822 2.3%
Digital Albums 494,609 521,029 547,614 574,297 600,979 4.6%
Other 159,889 173,474 186,649 200,919 217,696 8.4%
Source: Kantar
Source: Kantar
NO OF NEW TITLES AVAILABLE BY FORMAT
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000 5,000 0 2018
CD
Albums 17,800 Digital
Albums 29,146
Other
13,287
2019 CD
Albums 16,723 Digital
Albums 26,420
Other
13,585
2020 CD
Albums 14,619 Digital
Albums 26,585
Other
13,175
2021 CD
Albums 14,447 Digital
Albums 26,683
Other
14,270
2022 CD
Albums 14,850 Digital
Albums 26,682
Other
16,777
CD
Albums
590,183 Digital
Albums
494,609
Other
159,889
2018 CD
Albums
606,906 Digital
Albums
521,029
Other
173,474
2019 CD
Albums
621,525 Digital
Albums
547,614
Other
186,649
2020
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
TOTAL NO. OF MUSIC TITLES AVAILABLE
CD
Albums
635,972 Digital
Albums
574,297
Other
200,919
2021 CD
Albums
650,822 Digital
Albums
600,979
Other
217,696
2022
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AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
Prices in the UK’s album market have been rising steadily
over the last few years and 2022 saw them inflate yet again.
The average transactional price for an album is now £13.68,
up £1.35, or 10.9% versus 2021, primarily driven by strong
growth in the high-ticket vinyl LP market and a decline in
CD and digital album sales.
With pressures on pressing plant capacity remaining high,
vinyl dealer prices are pushing further upwards, sending
the average price of a LP though the £26 mark, up 8% year-
on-year.
While the CD market is not immune from inflationary
conditions, with average prices moving through the £10
mark in 2022, that is up just 2.3% versus 2021.
Prices are rising most sharply in the home delivery sector,
with the 2022 average up by more than 9% to £14.51. The
highest prices, however, are found across the UK’s high
street specialist and indie retailers, where focus on vinyl
is perhaps more concentrated. An album in that channel
now costs £15.81 on average, up 5.8% versus 2021 prices.
AVERAGE SELLING PRICES BY MUSIC FORMAT – 2022
Vinyl LPs, £26.01
CD Albums, £10.14
Digital Downloads, (MP3) £7.44
ALBUM AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
BY RETAIL CHANNEL 2022
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialists, generalists
and independents £12.75 £14.95 £15.81 5.8%
Supermarkets £9.78 £9.52 £9.68 1.7%
Home delivery £12.23 £13.29 £14.51 9.2%
Digital download sites £7.33 £7.32 £7.44 1.6%
Total Market £11.06 £12.33 £13.68 10.9%
Source: Official Charts / Kantar
ALBUM AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
BY FORMAT 2022
2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
CD Albums £9.24 £9.91 £10.14 2.3%
Vinyl LPs £21.62 £24.10 £26.01 8.0%
Digital Downloads (MP3) £7.33 £7.32 £7.44 1.7%
Total Market £11.06 £12.33 £13.68 10.9%
Source: Official Charts / Kantar
Source: Kantar
£5.00 £10.00
£0.00 £20.00
£15.00 £25.00
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BRICKS & MORTAR VS ONLINE
While the dominant streaming market has been accelerating the transfer of
spend in the music category – from bricks and mortar retailers to digital services
and home delivery operators – over the last decade or so, that trend was reversed
in 2022.
With bricks and mortar retailers capitalising on a high street freed from the
trading restrictions imposed during the pandemic, the channel saw sales climb
at a steeper rate than spend online, up 12.6% versus 2021.
The £107.5m spent in traditional music specialist shops and supermarkets in
2022 saw bricks and mortar share grew from 4.9% to 5.4%.
BRICKS & MORTAR VERSUS ONLINE SALES
SPLIT (£ MILLION) – MUSIC
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bricks & Mortar 198.6 179.2 94.0 94.0 107.5
Online 1,122.1 1,274.4 1,640.9 1834.9 1879.3
Total Market 1,320.6 1,453.7 1,734.9 1928.9 1986.9
MUSIC MARKET – SPEND SHIFT TO ONLINE (£ MILLION)

BRICKS AND MORTAR ONLINE
2018
85.0%
15.0%
2019
87.7%
12.3%
2020
94.6%
5.4%
100% 90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
2021
95.1%
4.9%
2022
94.6%5.4%
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DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES: 2022
Subscription Download
Amazing Tunes Amazing Tunes
Amazon Music Amazon Music
Anghami Beatport
BBC iPlayer Bleep
Beatport Boomkat
Classical Archives Chandos
Deezer Emusic
Google Play Google Play
Highresaudio Highresaudio
Idagio HMV Digital
ITunes ITunes
Jango Juno Download
Mixcloud Kobo
Napster Presto Classical
Primephonic Primephonic
QObuz QObuz
Roxi Saavn
Saavn Sky
Sky Traxsoutrce
Soundcloud
Spotify
Tidal
Tunein
Twitch
Worldwide.fm
YouTube
YouTube Music MUSIC RETAILERS – DIGITAL
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MUSIC RETAILERS – PHYSICAL
The number of retailers selling music once again fell sharply in 2022, according
to figures produced Kantar. 2,486 outlets recorded sales of music over the
course of the year compared to 3,309 in 2021, a fall of 24.9% year-on-year.
The continuing retreat of the supermarket sector from the music category
saw a further 568 stores stop selling CDs and LPs in 2022, while another 284
multiple sector outlets also stopped selling music during the year.
hmv took advantage of a full year of restriction free trading by adding another
10 shops to their estate, bringing the total to 122, just 10 down on pre-
pandemic levels.
The Indies strengthened their presence on the high street in 2022 with Kantar
recording sales across 426 outlets, a 20-year record high for the sector.
While the supermarket sector saw another steep fall in the number of shops
stocking music, the channel still represents 71% of the total music retailer
estate, with the indies back on 17% and hmv on 5%.
Information compiled by industry site-checker ‘GetItRightFromAGenuineSite.
com’ lists 27 digital service provider sites where the UK consumer can stream
music from and 19 where they can download MP3s.
PRINCIPAL BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS
SELLING MUSIC
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 change
21/22
Specialist Chains (1) 163 132 114 112 122 8.9%
Multiples (2) 2,888 2,068 1,551 468 184 -60.7%
Supermarkets (3) 7,181 5,825 4,360 2,322 1,754 -24.5%
Independents 425 425 390 407 426 4.7%
Total Retailers 10,657 8,450 6,415 3,309 2,486 -24.9%
(1) Specialist Chain – HMV (2) Multiples ar e Urban Outfitters, WHSmith, Matalan, Primark, Boots, Moto, Original Factory Store,
B&M, Easons, and SemiChem. (Changes are most likely due to withdrawal from Audio and Video
retailing/stocking).
(3) Supermarket s include Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s (including Locals*), Tesco (including Metro and
Express*), Waitrose*, Co-Op*, and One-Stop* (*That sell audio and video titles). Supermarkets combined
with multiples in July 2022
NOTE: Supermark ets merged with Multiples in 2022

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15,000
13,000
11,0009,000
7,000
5,000
3,000
1,000 0
NO. OF BRICKS & MORTAR RETAILERS SELLING MUSIC
114 1,551 4,360
390
2020
2018 163 2,888 7,181
425 2019 1322,068 5,825
425
SPECIALIST CHAINS (1) MULTIPLES (2) SUPERMARKETS (3) INDEPENDENTS TOTAL RETAILERS
SHARE OF TOTAL MUSIC RETAILER ESTATE: 2022
TOTAL N o.
MUSIC
RETAILERS
2,486
Specialist
Chains 5% Independents
17%
Multiples
7%
RETAILERS PHYSICAL cont
2021
112
4682,322
407
2022 122184
426
3,309
2,486
10,657
8,450 6,415
Supermarkets
71%
1,754
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PHYSICAL FORMAT ALBUMS: £ SPEND SHARE
BY RETAILER TYPE – MUSIC
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
High Street 141.4 118.1 60.0 68.7 96.6
Supermarkets 89.8 59.7 31.3 22.5 7.9
Home Delivery 149.2 137.4 176.8 196.6 171.9
Total Market 380.4 315.3 268.1 287.7 276.5
HIGH STREET SUPERMARKETS HOME DELIVERY
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%0%
2018
23.6%
37.2%
39.2%
2019
18.9%
37.5%
43.6%
2020
22.4%
65.9%
11.7%
PHYSICAL ALBUMS MARKET – PHYSICAL FORMAT SHARE
BY RETAILER TYPE (£ MILLION)
PHYSICAL FORMAT £ SPEND
SHARE BY RETAILER TYPE
One over-arching theme of entertainment retail in 2022 –
bricks and mortar, physical format traders recovering from
a Covid-disrupted 2020 and 2021 – is played out again
when we analyse where CD and vinyl sales were transacted
throughout the year.
According to Kantar, spend on physical format albums in
Indie high street specialists and hmv surged in 2022, up
40.7% to £96.6m, boosting its share of the market from
24% to 35%.
As documented above, a sizeable chunk of the supermarket
sector has retreated from the music category altogether,
resulting in a 65% decline in sales and a markedly reduced
share of revenues, down from 7.8% to 2.9%.
The UK’s physical format home delivery operators were
heavily relied upon during the two-year pandemic and
enjoyed significant revenue growth and market share grab.
As trading conditions on the high street normalised in
2022, spend online dipped by 12% to £171.9m. While this
resulted in market share contraction – down from 68% to
62% – online remains the most popular destination for the
UK’s CD and vinyl buyers.
2021
23.9%
68.3%7.8%
2022
34.9%
62.2%2.9%
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MUSIC CHARTS
New releases struggled to make a
significant impact on the year-end
charts, with only four albums with a 2022
release date breaking into the overall Top
20, according to statistics compiled by
the Official Charts Company.
Two new releases did, however, enjoy
particularly strong sales, with Harry
Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ topping the charts
with just over 460k units sold since its
release in May.
‘Midnights’ by Taylor Swift, released in
October, sold 417k units over the course
of the final two months of 2022, enough
to take the No.3 slot. Almost 50% of
‘Midnights’ sales came on CDs, LPs and
cassettes, helping it top the physical
format only Top 20 chart.
The other new releases to make 2022’s
Album Top 20 were Artic Monkeys’ ‘ The
Car’ and George Ezra’s ‘Gold Rush Kid’
with physical formats representing the
vast majority of both albums’ sales totals.
In ‘ The Car’s’ case, over 10k cassettes
were sold, making up 8% of total
physical sales.
Ed Sheeran’s “=“, released in 2021, shifted
433k units in 2022 – 1,000 more than
it did in its year of release – to take the
No.2 spot.
The year-end ‘Streamed Tracks Chart’
reveals a list dominated by UK acts,
filling 16 of the 20 slots in 2022. Harry
Styles’ ‘BRITs Song of the Year’ ‘As It Was’
topped the chart with a total 181m
streams measured. Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad
Habits’ secured the No.2 spot with over
150m streamed, while Londoner Cat
Burns’ 2020 break out smash, ‘Go’ was still
racking up the plays in 2022, with 138m
streams enough to take the No.3 slot.
OFFICIAL SINGLES CHART 2022
Title Artist Total Units –
2022 Cumulative
Units Since Release Corp. Group
1 As It Was Harry Styles 1,573,672 1,573,673 Sony Music
2 Bad Habits Ed Sheeran 1,179,354 2,902,092 Warner Music
3 Peru Fireboy Dml &
Ed Sheeran 1,116,347 1,208,014 Empire/Universal/
Warner
4 Go Cat Burns 1,109,277 1,124,495 Sony Music
5 Shivers Ed Sheeran 1,085,981 1,951,876 Warner Music
6 Running Up
That Hill Kate Bush
1,077,284 1,683,088 Warner Music
7 Heat Waves Glass Animals 1,046,715 2,148,405 Universal Music
8 Where Are You
Now Lost
Frequencies/
Calum Scott 990,965 1,117,417 Sony Music/
Universal Music
9 Afraid To Feel Lf System 978,432 978,433 Warner Music
10 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender
941,591 1,283,896 Universal Music
11 We Don’t Talk
About Bruno Gaitan/
Castillo/
Adassa/Feliz 914,545 937,552 Universal Music
12 Make Me Feel
Good Belters Only
Ft Jazzy 883,337 895,315 Universal Music
13 Cold Heart Elton John &
Dua Lipa 870,701 1,670,464 Universal Music/
Warner Music
14 Starlight Dave865,507 865,507 Universal Music
15 Green Green
Grass George Ezra
778,787 778,787 Sony Music
16 Where Did
You Go Jax Jones Ft
Mnek 755,680 755,680 Universal Music
17 Abcdefu Gayle 739,039 958,493 Warner Music
18 Baby Aitch/Ashanti 738,242 738,242 Universal Music
19 About Damn
Time Lizzo
728,104 728,103 Warner Music
20 I Ain’t Worried Onerepublic 725,637 725,637 Universal Music
Source: Official Charts
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TOP 20 ALBUMS CHART 2022
Title ArtistTotal UnitsCombined
Physical Albums Digital
Albums Album
Streams
1 Harry’s House Harry Styles460,432 150,759 10,641 299,032
2 = Ed Sheeran433,021 70,209 12,345 350,467
3 Midnights Taylor Swift416,965 206,136 11,679 199,150
4 The Highlights Weeknd248,900 7,271 476 241,153
5 Encanto Motion Picture
Cast Recording242,294 29,114
10,605 202,575
6 Sour Olivia Rodrigo224,565 22,324 1,708 200,533
7 Curtain Call – The Hits Eminem214,338 8,421 2,423 203,493
8 Diamonds Elton John208,779 9,716 3,047 196,016
9 50 Years – Don’t Stop Fleetwood Mac 208,053 2,926498 204,629
10 Between Us Little Mix199,771 10,637 2,081 187,053
11 Gold – Greatest Hits Abba197,844 34,525 7,054 156,264
12 Greatest Hits Queen193,111 23,313 3,620 166,177
13 Divide Ed Sheeran191,370 11,765 2,843 176,762
14 Am Arctic Monkeys177,022 31,322 1,000 144,700
15 30 Adele168,121 54,863 7,780 105,477
16 Time Flies – 1994-2009 Oasis166,558 3,003 2,091 161,464
17 Fine Line Harry Styles163,595 21,726 2,448 139,422
18 The Car Arctic Monkeys159,573 129,854 3,584 26,135
19 Gold Rush Kid George Ezra157,427 100,197 10,343 46,887
20 Divinely Uninspired To A
Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi
156,295 12,824 2,844 140,627
Source: Official Charts
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TOP 20 STREAMED TRACKS 2022
Title Artist Corp
Group Total
Streams Premium
Audio
Streams Ad-Funded
Audio
Streams Video
Streams
1 As It Was Harry Styles Sony Music 180,900,842 143,991,815 19,273,404 17,635,622
2 Bad Habits Ed Sheeran Warner Music 150,183,925 106,887,516 18,171,920 25,124,488
3 Go Cat Burns Sony Music 138,123,698 102,418,817 16,680,960 19,023,922
4 Peru Fireboy Dml &
Ed Sheeran Empire/
Universal/ Warner 135,498,593 101,645,934 13,667,186 20,185,473
5 Heat Waves Glass Animals Universal
Music133,671,786 96,596,205 24,013,707 13,061,875
6 Shivers Ed Sheeran Warner Music 132,270,807 100,078,702 15,899,846 16,292,258
7 We Don’t Talk
About Bruno Gaitan/Castillo/
Adassa/Feliz Universal
Music 128,935,759 79,469,651 9,041,637 40,424,471
8 Running Up
That Hill Kate Bush Warner Music 123,981,471 98,320,455 16,778,603 8,882,412
9 Where Are
You Now Lost
Frequencies/
Calum Scott Sony Music/
Universal Music 119,437,674 89,136,259 12,541,210 17,760,205
10 Make Me Feel
Good Belters Only Ft
Jazzy Universal
Music 114,203,245 79,174,922 15,357,413 19,670,909
11 Starlight Dave Universal
Music 113,789,644 79,557,436 19,543,879 14,688,330
12 Afraid To Feel Lf System Warner Music 109,342,194 89,588,562 13,033,466 6,720,165
13 Seventeen
Going Under Sam Fender Universal
Music107,507,587 88,094,603 7,114,599 12,298,385
14 Cold Heart Elton John &
Dua Lipa Universal
Music/
Warner Music 104,421,603 79,394,632 11,979,357 13,047,613
15 Easy On Me Adele Sony Music 92,768,308 65,295,544 12,596,920 14,875,845
16 Overseas D-Block Europe
Ft Central Cee Universal
Music 91,712,795 53,990,654 18,206,427 19,515,714
17 Baby Aitch/Ashanti Universal
Music91,626,637 67,859,299 11,369,397 12,397,941
18 Green Green
Grass George Ezra Sony Music 90,339,870 69,001,024 9,228,420 12,110,425
19 Abcdefu Gayle Warner Music 88,599,138 68,099,986 13,774,067 6,725,085
20 Another Love Tom Odell Sony Music 85,840,574 59,800,113 13,794,077 12,246,384
Source: Official Charts
CHARTS –
STREAMING

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TOP 20 PHYSICAL ALBUMS 2022
Title ArtistCorp. Group Total
Physical Units Sold Total CD
Units Sold Total
Vinyl LP Units Sold
1 Midnights Taylor Swift Universal Music 206,136 114,844 89,163
2 Harry’s House Harry Styles Sony Music 150,759 64,242 77,955
3 The Car Arctic Monkeys Domino
Recordings129,854 67,877 51,545
4 Gold Rush Kid George Ezra Sony Music 100,197 86,353 12,623
5 C’mon You Know Liam Gallagher Warner Music 80,827 43,390 36,683
6 = Ed Sheeran Warner Music 70,209 60,475 9,464
7 Only The Strong
Survive Bruce
SpringsteenSony Music 62,960 52,359 10,601
8 Christmas With Cliff Cliff Richard Warner Music 62,313 60,387 1,926
9 A Family Christmas Andrea/Matteo/
Virginia BocelliUniversal Music 59,969 58,826 1,143
10 Wet Leg Wet Leg Domino
Recordings59,146 28,420 29,484
11 Will Of The People Muse Warner Music 57,959 28,891 22,186
12 Xxv Robbie
WilliamsSony Music 54,993 43,797 4,754
13 30 Adele Sony Music 54,863 46,067 8,659
14 Last Night In The
Bittersweet Paolo Nutini Warner Music 53,732 34,926 16,426
15 Now That’s What I
Call Music 111 Various Artists Sony Music/
Universal Music 53,400 53,400 0
16 Together In Vegas Michael Ball &
Alfie BoeUniversal Music 48,570 46,637 595
17 Silver Bells Andre Rieu &
Johann Strauss
OrUniversal Music 48,281 48,281 0
18 Now That’s What I
Call Music 112 Various Artists Sony Music/
Universal Music 47,095 47,095 0
19 Being Funny In A
Foreign Language 1975 Dirty Hit 46,381 17,236 24,654
20 Now That’s What I
Call Music 113 Various Artists Sony Music/
Universal Music 46,080 46,080 0
Source: Official Charts
CHARTS –
PHYSICAL

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TOP 20 VINYL LP ALBUMS 2022
Title ArtistCorp. Group Total LP Units
Sold
1 Midnights Taylor Swift Universal Music 89,163
2 Harry’s House Harry Styles Sony Music 77,955
3 The Car Arctic Monkeys Domino
Recordings 51,545
4 C’mon You Know Liam Gallagher Warner Music 36,683
5 Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Music 30,101
6 Wet Leg Wet Leg Domino
Recordings 29,484
7 Being Funny In A Foreign Language 1975
Dirty Hit 24,654
8 Am Arctic Monkeys Domino
Recordings 23,866
9 Skinty Fia Fontaines Dc Partisan 23,062
10 Will Of The People Muse Warner Music 22,186
11 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd Warner Music 21,798
12 Back To Black Amy Winehouse Universal Music 18,381 13 Nevermind Nirvana Universal Music 17,91614 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie Simply Vinyl
17,716
15 Older George Michael Sony Music 16,429
16 Last Night In The Bittersweet Paolo Nutini Warner Music 16,426
17 The Overload Yard Act Universal Music 15,991 18 Revolver Beatles Universal Music 14,891
19 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender Universal Music 14,546
20 Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Arctic Monkeys Domino
Recordings 13,429
Source: Official Charts
CHARTS –
VINYL
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TOP 20 VINYL SINGLES 2022
Title ArtistCorp. Group Total Vinyl
Units Sold Total
Vinyl 12″ Sold Total
Vinyl 7″ Sold
1 God Save The Queen Sex Pistols Universal Music6,312 0 6,312
2 The Lakes Taylor Swift Universal Music4,344 0 4,344
3 Late Night Talking Harry Styles Sony Music 3,689 0 3,689
4 Forget Me Lewis Capaldi Universal Music3,552 0 3,552
5 Hey Hey Rise Up Pink Floyd Ft Andriy KhlyvnyukWarner Music 3,247 0 3,247
6 Ooh Do U Fink U R Suggs & Paul WellerBmg
3,215 0 3,215
7 You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween Muse Warner Music 2,465 0 2,465
8 Aphelion Arab Strap Rock Action 2,416 0 2,416
9 Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason DonovanBmg
2,337 0 2,337
10 Erotica Madonna Warner Music 2,290 2,290 0
11 We’re Gonna Get
There In The End Noel Gallagher’s
High FlyingIgnition 2,272 0 2,272
12 Hunter’s Moon Ghost Universal
Music2,172 0 2,172
13 Brilliant Adventure
Ep David Bowie Warner Music 2,096 2,096 0
14 Face It Alone Queen Universal
Music2,040 0 2,040
15 Rock The Casbah Clash Sony Music 2,015 0 2,015
16 Through The Echoes Paolo Nutini Warner Music 1,953 0 1,953
17 Dark Days Yard Act Memphis
Industries1,846 1,841 6
18 Making A Fire Foo Fighters Sony Music 1,791 0 1,791
19 A Celebration U2 Universal
Music1,776 1,776 0
20 Tainted Love Soft Cell Universal
Music1,765 1,735 30
Source: Official Charts
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INSIGHT
M A R K E T DATA
ERA prides itself on best in class data and insight for its
members.
Every week we provide market data sourced from Official
Charts Company (music and video) and GfK and GSD (games
and hardware).
ERA’s retail members receive free access to the Official Charts
Online service as well as a range of reports from GfK and GSD,
which coupled with our own dashboard service available on
MUSIC
Market Data Available to ERA
members
VIDEO
Market Data available to ERA
Members
GAMES
Market Data available to ERA
Members
Physical Music (Official Charts)
CD
Vinyl Physical TV and Film (Official
Charts)
DVD
BluRay
4KPhysical Games (GfK & GSD)
Console software
Handheld software
Digital at store
Digital Music (Official Charts)
Downloads
Subscription streams
Ad funded streams
Music video streams Digital Film (Official Charts)
EST downloads
VOD rental
Digital Games (GSD)
Full game downloads
Digital Film & TV (Futuresource
and Omdia)
SVoD
Pay T V
EST
VOD Digital Games (Omdia)
DLC
Downloads
Mobile
Subscriptions
Casual and Social
Hardware (GfK)
Consoles
Peripherals and accessories
our members portal means that all of our members have up
to date market data at their fingertips wherever they are.
This market data is also supplemented by digital video and
games data from Insight specialists such as Omdia and
Futuresource.

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CONSUMER INSIGHT
FLY RESEARCH TRACKER
It’s not enough to just understand what is selling in the
market, our members also need to understand what is
driving consumer behaviours and to that end ERA provide
a Consumer tracking service to its members in conjunction
with Fly Research, which is now in its 10th Year, allowing us
to accurately track changes in consumer behaviours and
predict the changes that will likely occur in the market.
The Fly panel consists of approximately 2,000 consumers
which are nationally representative and the panel is surveyed twice a year to track device choices and behaviour across
music video and games.
In addition, we ask bespoke questions on a quarterly basis on
a range of topics of interest to ERA members.
The Fly service covers hardware purchasing, entertainment
purchasing, spend on entertainment, service use, stores
visited etc.
Paid-For Music Subscribers – May 2022
SUBSCRIPTION STREAMING
29.8%
74.3%
66.9%
30.3%
37.1%
13.4% 13.8% 28.2%
19.5% 42.1%
20.8%
18.3%
25.7%
11.8% 18.5%
26.3%

TOTAL MALE FEMALE UNDER 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+
AD-FUNDED STREAMING
Note:
Subscription Streaming
Paid Single License
Paid Family License
Student Discount License
Bundled with Other Paid-For Service

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59.6%79.3%
61.4%
57.9%
64.3%
50.0% 62.2%68.8%
14.5%
31.2%
48.9%
3.6% 1.8%
SVoD Subscribers – May 2022
SV
oD PARTICIPATION

TOTAL MALE FEMALE UNDER 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+
NO. OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
1 2 3 4 5+
How positively or negatively do you feel about the following groups:
25.0% 10.8% 10.5 13.5% 40.2%
22.4% 8.7% 10.1 14.3% 44.5%
25.9% 12.6% 10.6 12.8% 38.1%
29.5% 23.5% 8.6 8.9% 29.5%
CINEMAS
FILM STARS MOVIE
STUDIOS
VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES
NOT AT ALL POSITIVE NOT POSITIVE NEUTRAL SOMEWHAT POSITIVE VERY POSITIVE
•
‘Video Streaming Servic es’ enjoy the highest approval levels amongst the panel with over 53%
feeling positive about them
•
‘Movie Studios ’ and ‘Cinemas’ attract similar positive ratings on 38.5% and 35.8% respectively
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On a scale of 1 to 5 1 being poor value for money and 5 being very good value for money please rate the following monthly subscription products
26.2% 14.2 % 16.7% 14.8% 28.2% AMAZON PRIME (£6.66 PER
MONTH / £79.99 PER YEAR)
STUDENT MUSIC
SUBSCRIPTION (£5.99)
FAMILY MUSIC
SUBSCRIPTION (£16.99)
DISNEY + (£7.99)
NETFLIX HD (£10.99) APPLE TV + (£4.99)
BRITBOX (£5.99)NOW TV (£7.99)
1 PERSON MUSIC
SUBSCRIPTION (£9.99)
NOT GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY NEUTRAL REASONABLE GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY VERY GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY
•
Amazon Prime (free deliv ery, plus music and video) polled the highest value-for-money ratings
with over 40% saying the service was either reasonably good or very good value.
•
Music subscriptions polarised opinion depending on the tier responded t o – 35.4% stated the
‘£5.99 Student’ tier was reasonably or very good VFM, while only 10.6% considered the standard
‘1 Person’ tier good value for money
24.0% 11.4 % 19.7% 15.2% 29.7%
16.4% 6.7 % 25.6% 20.6% 30.7%
16.9% 6.7 % 21.9% 23.0% 31.5%
13.8% 6.6 % 24.0% 23.1% 32.5%
13.2% 6.4 % 23.3% 23.0% 34.0%
12.3% 4.6 % 25.6% 25.7% 31.8%
9.6% 3.7 % 24.4% 27.2% 35.1%
7.1% 3.5 % 32.3% 25.9% 31.2%
82.6%
NETFLIX
73.6%
AMAZON PRIME
53.7%
UNLIMITED MUSIC
SUBSCRIPTION
EG SPOTIFY,
APPLE MUSIC
40.4%
DISNEY +
22.3%
NOW TV
18.9%
BRITBOX
8.5%
APPLE TV +
• Despite polling only 6th out of 9 in terms of value-for-money,
Netflix t ops the list of those services respondents would keep
if they could only keep 3.
If you could only have 3 subscriptions, which of the following would you keep?

ERA MEMBER SERVICES / INSIGHT
CONSUMER INSIGHT
LUMINATE DASHBOARD
Tracking consumer behaviours in such a fast paced
environment as entertainment is extremely challenging and
requires constant re-evaluation, which is why in 2022 ERA
launched a second service to its members in conjunction with
Luminate to track newer forms of entertainment consumption.
The new service again has a sample size of around 2,000
people and covers the following areas: Music, Film, TV,
Gaming, Podcasts, Radio, Sport, NFTs, Audiobooks, Devices, Merch, Crypto, the Metaverse etc and the data provided in an
interactive dashboard form which helps members understand
questions around trends in these areas and can be broken
down by demographics, genre preferences, service use etc.
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Playlist Discovery
Among Music Consumers that are Music Streamers
SEARCH FUNCTION
NEW MUSIC PLAYLISTS
GENRE PLAYLISTS ARTIST / RADIO / PLAYLISTS
CHARTS 38 %
36 %
33 %
31 %
29 %
56 %
YOUTUBE LIVE
30 %
SPOTIFY LIVE
35 %
INSTAGRAM LIVE
25 %
TIK TOK LIVE
16 %
TWITTER LIVE
19 %
TWITCH
Trend: Social for Live Talk
YouTube and social platforms dominate the
livestream talk
Talk Show & Live Podcast Streaming
Platforms used (last 3 months)

Among Talk Show and Podcast Live Streamers
80 %
INSTAGRAM
77 %
TIK TOK
74 %
SNAPCHAT
51 %
FACEBOOK
Top Social Platforms – Gen Z
Among Gen Z Social Media Users
18 % 11 % 26 % 27 % 18 %
ONLY
OFFLINE MOSTLY

OFFLINE NEUTRAL
ONLY
ONLINE
MOSTLY

ONLINE
Online Vs. Offline Gaming
Among Gamers
41
%
4% “I have access
to an online gaming
subscription that
someone else pays for” of gamers currently
own an online
subscription
OF MUSIC CONSUMERS CONSIDER PLAYLISTS
PROVIDED BY DSP’S IMPORTANT TO THEM
52 %
55 %
no gaming
subscription

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The second ERA Indie Conference was held on the 23rd
January and we welcomed more than 200 attendees. We
heard from employment law specialists, sustainable experts,
the international RSD organiser, labels and distributors. The
day was rounded off by an accoustic performance from
The Lathums courtesy of Universal.
ERA MEMBER SERVICES / NETWORKING
INDIE
CONFERENCE
11.00
Welcome from ERA and our Sponsors
11.10
Market place selling – iHaveIt
11.40
Top Employment Law Tips – Citation
12.00
Sustainability for Indie retailers – BRC
12.15
Record Store Day Global Co-ordinator –
Michael Kurtz
12.30
The Official Charts – Chris Austin 12.45

SoundDrop
1.00 – 2.00 LUNCH
2.00
Label Panel – The Future of Physical
2.25
The Distribution Landscape
2.40 – 5.30
Speed dating (meet your reps / visit the
stands etc) (Book 10 min slots)
5.30 Close
6.00
Guest Performance
PROGRAMME
23 JANUARY 2023
11AM – 6PM
COIN STREET CENTRE, 108 STAMFORD STREET,
LONDON SE1 9NH
INDEPENDENT
CONFERENCE
To book a ticket go to:  
members.eraltd.org/events/independent-conference
 
or contact beth @
era ltd.org
SUPPORTED BY
A DAY WHERE INDIE SHOPS, SALES REPS AND
RECORD SHOP SUPPLIERS COME TOGETHER
TO NETWORK AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
AND A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM A RANGE OF
GUEST SPEAKERS WITH TOP TIPS FOR INDIE
RECORD SHOPS.
INDEPENDENT

CONFERENCE
SUPPORTED BY:
The Lathums
entertain the
audience at the Indie
Conference 2023

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ERA MEMBER SERVICES / PROMOTIONS
2022 saw Record Store Day celebrate
its 15th anniversary – and the ERA team
pulled out all the stops to make it one
to remember! Despite the backdrop of the
pandemic still looming over us, it didn’t
stop record shops from enjoying another
triumphant year. In fact, despite all odds,
more record shops took part in RSD 2022
than ever before, with a new record shop
opening in the UK every three weeks. Alongside the series of 400+ bumper
releases, RSD celebrated its 15 year
milestone by enlisting its first global
ambassador with none other than
superstar artist Taylor Swift. With the
event having now recruited a new
generation of music lovers through its
doors, Swift was the perfect artist to
truly fly the flag for record shop culture.
The announcement of Taylor Swift
was picked up by media worldwide,
including CNN, NME, Metro, Daily
Telegraph, BBC and many others as well
as taking social media by a storm. RSD embraced TikTok for the first
time with an official partnership which
included promoted playlisting on TikTok
Sounds and boosted RSD content
across the platform – this generated an
impressive 30m views over the weekend
and tapped into a music loving gen z
audience. On top of this, our official RSD beer
with Meantime Brewing Company
returned. The IPA was stocked in
participating record shops and the
partnership culminated in a special live
music festival at the Greenwich brewery,
headlined by Samm Hensahw and Hak
Baker and attending by over 500 people One of our most treasured
partnerships also continued as BBC
6Music were finally able to reinstate their
live outside broadcast. Gilles Peterson
and his team decamped their Saturday
show and presented live from Intense
Records in Essex as part of a RSD special
weekend of features and coverage And finally, our brilliant YouTube and
Instagram series “Behind the Counter”,
in partnership with Bowers & Wilkins
and Classic Album Sundays, returned
telling the weird and wonderful stories
from record store owners up and down
the UK. The digital campaign has to date
enjoyed over 1.7m views The in-house PR team worked round
the clock to deliver these initiatives and
enjoyed another great year of press, with
coverage including:
•
700+ online articles r eaching over
160m people.
•
50+ prin t pieces with an incredible
regional reach, reaching over 10m
people.
•
And an amazing br oadcast
partnership across the BBC
networks reaching over 35m people.
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RECORD STORE DAY

ERA MEMBER SERVICES / PROMOTIONS
The results speak for themselves as
RSD delivered yet another huge boost
to the vinyl market with an 80% uplift
in weekly vinyl sales and 107% uplift in
vinyl value. As always, a special thank you to the
record labels who contribute their artists
and releases to the special product list
and to our partners who bring fun and
exciting initiatives to the RSD campaign. And lastly, a huge well done to all of
the shops who despite another year
of turbulence pulled off a fantastic
RSD campaign for their customers to
remember.
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RECORD STORE DAY

Record Store Day, National Album Day and The Official Charts came together in
2020 to create The Record Club – a bi-weekly live broadcast presented by BBC
Music’s Jess Iszatt, which takes a deep look into new releases with the artist
themselves to help support the independent community. Although initially created to help with record shop mail orders and to support
new releases during the pandemic, we celebrated over a quarter of a million views
within our first year. The Record Club has continued to grow in 2022 with a total of 80,000 live views
and reaching over 550,000 people on social media. This year, The Record Club has played host to 25 guests with 10 Top 10 Albums
and 2 Number 1 Albums between them. Some of our 2022 guests have included
Blondie, Miles Kane, Nilufer Yanya, Blossoms, Nova Twins, Katy J Pearson, The Big
Moon, Kokoroko Easy Life, Ezra Collective and more. Each episode also gives a nod to one of our special independent record shops
with a featured question specifically from the shop staff members themselves. The Record Club is proud to be continuing our partnership with Bowers & Wilkins
and is more committed than ever to supporting new music, physical releases, and
record shops as we move into 2023.
THE RECORD CLUB
ERA MEMBER SERVICES / PROMOTIONS
• 22 episodes – 22 guest s
•
10 Top 10 albums including
2 Number 1 albums.
•
10 Specialist Chart Albums
with all of these r eaching
Top 10 in their respective
chart – 7 Number 1’s.
•
Tot al stream views:
91,477
• Total social impressions:
590,918
• Total social video views:
209,125
2022
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National Album Day returned for its
fifth edition in October as we honoured
the album format and celebrated
debut albums. In collaboration with the BPI, 2022
was the third year National Album Day
welcomed a theme and an exclusive
product offering for retailers under ERA’s
physical and digital membership. The theme gave retailers an
opportunity to celebrate the musically
rich and diverse debut albums that
influence and inspire today. Ranging
decades and genres, National Album
Day released limited edition products
exclusively to ERA members including
Alt-J, Chase & Status, Jamiroquai, Jennifer
Lopez, Mariah Carey, The National,
Stereophonics, Wu-Tang Clan, and many
more. While first and foremost a cultural
event, the commercial results speak
for themselves as the titles
claimed several places in the Official Albums Chart Top 20.
Several exciting ambassadors
spearhead the media coverage including
Sam Ryder, KSI, Franz Ferdinand, The
Mysterines, The Staves, Jake Bugg, Pip
Millet and India Arkin. National Album Day activities were
supported by official BBC coverage
across TV, radio and online including
BBC Breakfast, The One Show, Radio
2’s Official Debut Albums Chart, BBC
iPlayer, and BBC local radio networks
across the UK. Outside of the BBC, coverage also
reached to Metro, NME, The Sun, Good
Morning Britain, Radio X, Music Week
and more. In physical retail, over 100 HMVs
and 150 indie record stores joined in
with in-store racking, window displays, events, performances, bespoke
newsletters, and social media posts.
In digital retail, Amazon and DSPs
Spotify, YouTube Music, Qobuz and
Napster took part with homepage
takeovers, Twitch takeovers, podcast
features, playlisting, editorial and social
media support. Outdoor media partners Diabolical
also helped to create striking billboards
across 13 locations including London,
Manchester, Brighton, and Liverpool
encouraging people to interact with our
social campaign. Two murals were commissioned at
81 Renshaw in Liverpool and Avalanche
Records in Edinburgh to celebrate iconic
debut albums from the local area. This year’s National Album Day was a
brilliant opportunity for cross-industry collaborations and illustrated just what we can achieve when suppliers and the ERA membership
come together. ERA looks forward
to working on the
next campaign with
all members in 2023!
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NAD Ambassador
India Arkin

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ERA MEMBER SERVICES / AGM
This year’s AGM welcomed Julia Killer from Meta as our
keynote speaker, who inspired and excited members by
talking us through the future of the Metaverse. Killer explored
the opportunities and changes this will bring to the future of
retail and entertainment and how organisations can begin
to engage in the Metaverse in 2022 and beyond. This was
followed by an introduction to Luminate and the impressive
Entertainment 365 research dashboard now available to ERA
members. The AGM was once again held at the Everyman
Theatre in King’s Cross and enjoyed a brilliant turnout
from our members across music, video and games.
AGM
Kim Bayley opening
proceedings
Awarded to Kim Bayley
for 20 years at ERA

2023
CALENDAR
2022 CALENDAR & EVENTS
March
10-19 SXSW (USA)
12
Oscar s (USA)
19-22
Musexpo (USA)
29 – 9 April
London Games Fes tival
April
22
Rec ord Store Day
May
10-13 The Great Esc ape
15-18
Music Biz (USA)
24
Music Week A wards
June
3-4 UK Games Expo
13-16
E3 Expo (USA)
TBC
Midem (F rance)
July
11-13 Develop: Brighton
12
Alliance Summer R eception
August
23-27 Gamescon
September
TBC Mercury Music Prize
13
ERA AGM
October
14 National Album Day
November
24 Rec ord Store Day
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POLICY AND
ADVOCACY
ERA MEMBER SERVICES / POLICY AND ADVOCACY
This year ERA welcomed Sir Robbie Gibb as a consultant to help steer our
Government affairs function. Our own agenda was dominated by the
DCMS streaming enquiry as well as the conclusion of the Competition and
Markets Enquiry.
A summary of the key take outs from the final CMA report is shown below.
UK PUBLISHER SHARE HAS
DOUBLED SINCE 2007 FROM 8% UP TO 15% IN 2020
MORE SONGWRITERS EARN INCOME
THAN BEFORE, UP FROM 36,170 IN
2009 TO 62,505 IN 2019
BENEFITTING
PUBLISHERS AND
SONGWRITERS
HOW STREAMING DRIVES GROWTH FOR ALL
DIGITAL SERVICES TAKE A LOWER
MARGIN THAN RECORD SHOPS IN THE
PRE STREAMING ERA – 38% VS 32%
CMA REPORTS THAT DIGITAL
STREAMING SERVICES HAVE LOW OR
NEGATIVE OPERATING MARGINS
DESPITE THE MARKET
BEING UP, ARTIST
ROYALTIES RISING
AND PUBLISHER
AND SONGWRITER
ROYALTIES RISING,
THE DIGITAL SERVICES
WILL BE THE LAST TO
BENEFIT
PPL BROADCAST AND ONLINE
REVENUES ALSO INCREASED BY 25% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
STREAMING
REVENUES
DO NOT
CANNIBALIZE
OTHER
REVENUES
69.5m 2012 86.7m 2021
UK MARKET
GROWTH
HOW STREAMING DRIVES GROWTH FOR ALL
BECAUSE OF STREAMING, THE
NUMBER OF ARTISTS LISTENED TO
IN THE UK HAS DOUBLED FROM
AROUND 200,000 IN 2014 TO
AROUND 400,000 IN 2020.
ARTISTS GENERATING OVER 10m
STREAMS QUADRUPLED BETWEEN
2014 AND 2020
(ESTIMATED AVERAGE INCOME OVER £30,000)
KEY TAKE OUTS FROM THE CMA REPORT
BENEFITTING
ARTISTS STREAMING HAS DRIVEN A 59%
INCREASE IN RECORDED MUSIC
REVENUES FROM THE LOW POINT OF
£1.1bn 2015 TO £1.7bn IN 2021
AVERAGE ARTIST ROYALTY RATES
HAVE RISEN TO 26%
2014 – 7,026
2020 – 27,180 39m MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS OF MUSIC
STREAMING SERVICES IN THE UK UP FROM
32m IN 2019 2015
2021
£1.1bn £1.7bn
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INDEPENDENT
RETAILERS
CONFEDERATION
One of ERA’s key partners in the
independent retail space is the
Independent Retailers Federation,
which provides a lobbying platform
for like minded trade bodies in the
independent retail space. Much of
the focus in 2022 was spent looking
at ways to support small businesses in
the current economic environment –
post Brexit, rising energy costs etc.
THE ALLIANCE
FOR IP
ERA has been a member of the
Alliance for IP since its inception
in 1998. The Alliance is a UK based
coalition of 20 organisations
representing businesses and creators
from the worlds of audio visual, music,
toy and games, sports, publishing and
many more. The Alliance campaigns
to ensure that consumers are able to
enjoy the content and products they
love whilst also campaigning for the
value of IP rights in the UK. During
2022 the Alliance once again hosted
a successful Summer Reception and
provided input into a number of
key policy areas including Design
Rights, Copyright, Online Harms and
International Trade.
THE INDUSTRY
TRUST
The Industry Trust is another of
ERA’s key lobbying partners who
address the ongoing challenges of
film and TV copyright infringement
by inspiring audiences to consume
content via legitimate sources. Their
Moments Worth Paying For campaign
is now well established and drives
consumers to respective the value of
the creative content they consume by
watching only on legal and genuine
sites including ERA member digital
services and / or legitimate physical
formats. The Trust also provides
insight into copyright infringement
as well as working on initiatives with
organisations such as Crimestoppers
to educate infringers.
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2022-23BOARD MEMBERS
Paul Firth
Amazon
Having started his career
as store manager at MCV,
Paul Firth spent nine years
at Entertainment UK where
he worked in both the
music and video teams,
culminating in a role as head
of music. After two years
at Lovefilm, he transferred
to Amazon where he now
heads up Amazon Music.
Phil Halliday
hmv
Phil joined HMV in June
2020 after a career spanning
the media and products
industries. He has been MD
since that August. Since
joining, he has overseen
development of new
category expansions.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
2022-23 BOARD MEMBERS
Alan Jordan
Reflex
Alan is the owner of Reflex
Records in Newcastle and
Chairs the Independent
Retailers within ERA.
Drew Hill
TREASURER
Proper Distribution
Drew is Managing Director
of Proper Music, having
joined in 2007 from the Walt
Disney Company. He runs the
groups’s distribution label.
Ben Drury
NON EXECUTIVE CHAIR
ERA
Ben first joined the ERA
board as ERA’s first ever
digital member in 2008.
Now the MD of Yoto, he was
elected as ERA’s Chair in
January 2023.
Dan ChalmersYouTube / Google
Dan is Head of Music at
YouTube (EMEA) and has
over 20 years of music
industry experience having
previously been President of
ADA and in charge of East
West and Rhino Records at
Warner.
Kim Bayley
CEO ERA
Kim has been ERA’s CEO
for over 20 years and works
alongside ERA’s Chair driving
ERA’s strategy and oversee’s
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Tom Connaughton
Spotify
Tom is Spotify’s UK Managing
Director and leads the growth
of Spotify’s UK business,
including driving its content
strategy, artist partnerships,
editorial and artist marketing.
He has over 17 years’
experience in the music
industry.
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THE ERA BOARD IS THE RULING BODY OF THE ENTERTAINMENT RETAILERS ASSOCIATION.
IT COMPRISES 18 TO 20 COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP WITH
SIX POSITIONS RESERVED FOR INDEPENDENT MEMBERS. THE BOARD IS COMPLEMENTED
BY AN EXECUTIVE BOARD DRAWN FROM THE OVERALL BOARD WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE ORGANISATION.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
2022-23 BOARD MEMBERS
101
Samantha Sawyer
7digital
Scott Gamble
Crash Records
Ashlie Green
David’s Music
Nick Arran
GAME
Will Spencer
(resigned Dec 2022)
MusicGlue
Joe Vesayaporn
(appointed Jan 2023)
MusicGlue
Brad Aspess
Rarewaves
Natasha Youngs
Resident
Paul Newton
Sky Store
Anne-Marie
Chirema
(resigned Dec 2022)
SoundCloud
Emmy Lovell
(appointed Jan 2023)
SoundCloud
Markus Bhatia
The Hut
Parick Clifton
The Vinyl Factory
Tony Boothroyd
Vinyl Tap
Louise Jackson
Wax & Beans

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101 Collectors RecordsFarnham
303 Records Ilton
7digital Limited London
81 Renshaw Liverpool
A & R Music & Film Ashbrook
A Slice Of Vinyl Gosport
Action Records Preston
Adrians Wickford
Amazon London
Analogue October Records Chichester
Andy’s Records Ceredigion
Applestump Records Nantwich
Arrow Film Distributors Shenley
ASDA Stores Ltd Leeds
Assai Records Dundee
Astonishing Sounds Burnley
Avalanche Records Edinburgh
B Side Records Newbury
Back To Mono Records Lincoln
Badlands Cheltenham
Banquet Records Surrey
Beatdown Records Ltd Newcastle Upon Tyne
Bella Union Vinyl Shop Brighton
Bending Sound Bangor
Beyond The Download Wokingham
Beyond Vinyl Newcastle Upon Tyne
Big Red Tent London
Black Circle Records Leighton Buzzard
Black Slab Teesside
Black Star Records Lyndhurst
Blackest Rainbow Ltd T/A
Bear Tree Records Sheffield
Blast Music and Comics Braintree
Blood Records Towcester
Bobs Records Whittlesey
Boiler Room Records Poole
Book Stop Tavistock
Bug Vinyl Beverley
Café Luna Baldock
Capsule Records Hove
Castle Sounds Christchurch
Cavern Music Services Richmond
CentreSoft Birmingham
Chalky’s (Belushi Ltd T/A) Banbury
Chameleon Edinburgh
Chapter22 Roots and
Records Bath
Chepstow Records Chepstow
Choons Bangor Clocktower Music
Bridport
Convoy Records Frodsham
Crash Records Leeds
Crazy Beat Records Upminster
Creekside Vinyl Faversham
Dark Earth Records Wallasey
Dash The Henge Store London
David’s Music Letchworth
Deezer London
Defend Vinyl Liverpool
Derricks Music Swansea
Diverse Music Newport
Domino Recording Company London
Dreamhouse Records London
Earworm Records York
Eclipse Records Walsall
Eel Pie Records Twickenham
Elsewhere Margate
Empire Records St Albans
Europa Music Stirling
Even Flow Tunbridge Wells
Fairhill Records Ballymena
Fish Records Staffordshire
Five Rise Records Bingley
Five’s Records Leigh on Sea
Flashback Records Limited Islington
Forest Vinyl Cinderford
FortyFive Vinyl Café York
Frank Harvey Hi-Fi
Excellence Coventry
Friendly Records Bedminster
Game Basingstoke
* Gardners Books Eastbourne
Gatefield Sounds Whitstable
Global Groove Hanley
Google London
Grind And Groove Records Keighley
Grooves Records Orkney
Harbour Records Emsworth Emsworth
Head Records Leamington Spa
Heathen Chemistry Records Fareham
Henry’s Records Burton-on-Trent
Hey Joe Brentwood
HMV London
Honest Jons London
Hundred Records Romsey
iHaveit UK Ltd Swindon
Intense Records Chelmsford
Isotope Music Ltd Isleworth It’s For You Vinyl & Vintage
Wolverhampton
Jacaranda Records Liverpool
Jam Falmouth
Jazzed London
JG Windows Newcastle Upon Tyne
Jumbo Records Leeds
Just Dropped In Coventry
Kaleidoscope Records St. Helens
Keep Audio Co Launceston
Keymailrecords Camberley
Lasgo Chrysalis London
Left For Dead Shrewsbury
Level Crossing Records London
Life Of Vinyl Thornaby
Lion Coffee & Records London
Lion Vibes London
Loafers Vinyl Halifax
Logo Fiasco Records Carshalton
Longwell Records Keynsham
Lost In Vinyl Cambridge
Lovemusic Glasgow
Low Port Music Linlithgow
Lucky’s Record Bar Redruth
Maidinvinyl Aberdeen
Malcolm’s Musicland Chorley
Marketplace Solutions
Worldwide LLP Morley
Martian Central Exmouth
Mixed Up Records Glasgow
Mo’ Fidelity Montrose
Monorail Music Glasgow
Morrisons Bradford
Mudshark Records Bangor
Muse Music & Love Café Hebden Bridge
Museum Vinyl St Austell
Music and Goods Exchange
Ltd London
Music From Big Blue Glasgow
Music Glue London
Music Junkee Sheffield
Music Magpie Macclesfield
Music Mania Clacton-on-Sea
Music Mania (Hanley) Stoke-on-Trent
Music Nostalgia Truro
Music’s Not Dead Ltd Bexhill On Sea
Napster Luxembourg Sarl Luxembourg
Number One Records Larne
Off The Beaten Tracks Louth
Olaf’s Record Store Sevenoaks
Online Commerce Ltd Upper Rissington
ERA MEMBERS
102
ERA MEMBERS

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Opus 13 LtdBristol
Out Of The Attic Music Hull
Overdraft Records Southampton
P & C Music Harrogate
Pacemaker Music AB Sweden
Pandemonium Bournemouth
Peckham Soul London
Phoenix Sound Newton Abbot
Phonica Records London
Piccadilly Records Manchester
Pie & Vinyl Southsea
Polar Bear Kings Heath
Presto Classical Leamington Spa
Probe Records Liverpool
Proper Music Distribution Dartford
Pure Vinyl Records London
Qobuz France
Queen Street Records Market Drayton
Quicksilver Music Southport
Radio On Bristol
Rakuten London
Ranger Computers Duston
Rarekind Records Brighton
Rarewaves Chiswick
Raves From The Grave Frome
Record Collector Broomhill
Record Corner Godalming
Record Culture Stourbridge
Record Revivals Scarborough
Record Trader Altrincham
Red Robin Records (Vinyl
Café) Aberdeen
Reflex Newcastle
Reflex Folio Southsea
Reggie’s Retro Record Store Ventnor
Released Records Leeds
Relevant Records Cambridge
Replay Records Grimsby
Resident Brighton
Revived Vinyl Records Northwich
Revo Records Halifax
Revolution Records Walsall
Rival Records Hatherleigh
Roan Records Teddington
Rock Box Records Ltd Camberley
Rough Trade London
RPM Music Newcastle Upon Tyne
S.T. Records Dudley
Sable Starr Records Belfast Sainsburys Argos
Milton Keynes
Sandbag Ltd Reading
Saxosoul Records Darlington
Seismic Records Leamington Spa
Serenade Beaconsfield
Shaks Stax of Wax Kingston Upon Thames
Sister Ray London
Sky Store Isleworth
Slide Record Shop Bedford
Slow Progress Edinburgh
Some Great Reward Glasgow
Soul Brother Records London
Sound It Out Records Stockton on Tees
Sound Knowledge Marlborough
Sound Records (IOM) Douglas
Sound Records (Stroud) Stroud
SoundCloud London
Sounds Of The Universe London
South Record Shop Southend-on-Sea
Specialist Subject Records Bristol
Spillers Records Cardiff
Spin The Black Circle Worcester
Spinning Discs Sheffield
Spiral Classics Loughborough
Spotify London
Square Records Wimborne
Stewarts Music Shop Co Tyrone
Sticky Black Tarmac Leigh
Strummer Room Records Banbury
Stylus Records Lichfield
Tallbird Records Chesterfield
Tangled Parrot Carmarthen
Tesco Welwyn Garden City
The Beat and Track Sherborne
The Chelsea Gamer London
The Drift Record Shop Totnes
The Electric Church Winsford
The Hut Northwich
The Left Legged Pineapple Loughborough
The LP Café Watford
The Music Store & Musical
Exchanges (Ceritech) Cinderford
The Musical Box Liverpool
The Orpington Orpington
The Record Café Bradford
The Record Shop Ltd Amersham
The Record Store Ashford
The Turntable Coffee &
Vinyl Huddersfield The Vault Collective
Ebbw Vale
The Vinyl Factory London
The Vinyl Whistle Ltd Leeds
Thirteen Records Dundee
Thorne Records Edinburgh
TNT Records Cumbria
To Have and to Hold
Records Tewkesbury
Tough Love St Leonards St Leonards-on-sea
Townsend Records Great Harwood
Trading Post Stroud
Truck/Rapture Oxford
Underground Solushn Edinburgh
Union Music Store Lewes
Universal Music UK
eCommerce London
Up North Records Chester
Ventnor Exchange Ventnor
Venus Vinyl Norwich
Vinilo Record Store Southampton
Vintage & Vinyl Folkestone
Vinyl Attraction Newark
Vinyl Café Carlisle
Vinyl Eddie York
Vinyl Exchange Manchester
Vinyl Frontier Eastbourne
Vinyl Guru Newcastle Upon Tyne
Vinyl Hunter Suffolk
Vinyl Sounds Good Bangor
Vinyl Tap Huddersfield
Vinyl Underground Northampton
Vinyl Van Dorchester
Vinyl Vaughan Alderney
VinylBox London
Vinylstore Jr Canterbury
Virgin Media Store Hook
VOD Music Mold
VoxBox Music Ltd Edinburgh
Wax and Beans Ltd Bury
Wax At Moorgate Sheffield
WH Smith PLC Swindon
What Records Burton Hastings
When Spaceships Appear London
Wilderness Record Store Manchester
Winyl Manningtree
World Of Echo London
Wrecking Ball Music and
Books Hull
X Records Bolton
ERA MEMBERS
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AIM – The Association of
Independent Music
PO Box 76406
London W5 9RP
Tel: 020 4515 7056
www.aim.org.uk
Alliance for IP
c/o The Publishers
Association
1st Floor, 50 Southwark Street
London SE1 1UN
Tel: 020 7618 9105 (press)
Tel: 020 7803 1324
www.allianceforip.co.uk
BBFC – British Board of Film
Classification
3 Soho Square London
W1D 3HD
Tel: 020 7440 1570
www.bbfc.co.uk
BASE – British Association for
Screen Entertainment
C/O Harmer Slater
Salatin House 19 Cedar Road,
Sutton Surrey SM2 5DA
Tel: 020 7440 0382
www.baseorg.uk
BPI – British Phonographic
Industry
27 Old Gloucester Street
London WC1N 3AX
Tel: 020 7803 1300
www.bpi.co.uk
The BRIT School
60 The Crescent Croydon
CR0 2HN
Tel: 020 8665 5242
www.brit.croydon.sch.uk
DCMS – Department for
Digital Culture Media
and Sport
100 Parliament Street
London SW1A 2BQ
Tel: 020 7211 6000
www.culture.gov.uk FA C T
– The Federation
Against Copyright Theft
4th Floor Regal House
70 London Road
Twickenham TW1 3QS
Tel: 020 8891 1217
www.fact-uk.org.uk
GfK Chart Track
7th Floor
Blue Fin Building
110 Southwark Street
London SE1 0SU
Tel: 020 7890 9000
www.gfk.com
IFPI – International
Federation of the
Phonographic Industry
7 Air Street London
W1B 5AD
Tel: 020 7878 7900
www.ifpi.org
Industry Trust
C/O Harmer Slater
Salatin House 19 Cedar Road,
Sutton Surrey SM2 5DA
Tel: 020 7440 0382
www.industrytrust.co.uk
IRMA – Irish Recorded Music
Association
63 Patrick Street Dun
Laoghaire Co Dublin Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1 280 6571
www.irma.ie
ISFE – Interactive Software
Federation of Europe
15 Rue Guimard B-1040
Brussels
Tel: 0032 2 612 17 77
www.isfe.eu
Ivors Academy
1 Upper James Street
London W1F 9DE
Tel: 020 7636 2929
www.ivorsacademy.com Julie’s Bicycle
Somerset House South Wing
Strand London WC2R 1LA
Tel: 020 8746 0400
www.juliesbicycle.com
Kantar
Olympus Avenue
Tachbrook Park
Warwick CV34 6RJ
Tel: 01926 452233
www.kantar.com
MMF – Music Managers
Forum Ministry of Sound
103 Gaunt Street London
SE1 6DP
Tel: 020 7700 5755
www.themmf.net
M PA
– Music Publishers
Association
2nd Floor Synergy House
114-118 Southampton Row
London WC1B 5AA
Tel: 0333 077 2350
www.mpaonline.org.uk
MPAA – Motion Picture
Association of America
15301 Ventura Blvd Building
E Sherman Oaks
CA 91403
Tel: 001 818 995 6600
www.motionpictures.org
Mercury Prize
27 Old Gloucester Street
London WC1N 3AX
Tel: 020 3327 7111
www.mercuryprize.com
The Music Business
Association
PO Box 150726 Nashville
TN 37215 US
Tel: 001 856 596 2221
www.musicbiz.org Official Charts
6th Floor
4 Golden Square
London W1F 9HT
Tel: 020 7620 7450
www.officialcharts.com
OT TX
– (formerly EMA)
11304 Chandler Blvd #6339
N. Hollywood CA 91601
Los Angeles United States
Tel: 001 818 385 1500
www.ottx.org
PPL / PRS – Phonographic
Performance Limited
Mercury Place St George’s
Street Leicester LE1 1QG
Tel: 0800 0720 808
www.pplprs.co.uk
UK Cinema Association
22 Golden Square London
W1F 9AD
Tel: 020 7734 9551
www.cinemauk.org.uk
UKIE – The Association of UK
Interactive Entertainment
Black Bull Yard 24-28 Hatton
Wall London EC1N 8JH
Tel: 0207 534 0580
www.ukie.org.uk
UK Music
Work.Life
33 Foley Street
London W1W 7TL
Tel: 020 3713 8444
www.ukmusic.org

VSC – VSC Ratings Board
Suite 1E, Meadway Court
Rutherford Close
Stevenage
Hertfordshire SG1 2EF
Tel: 020 3771 8543
www.videostandards.org.uk
USEFUL ADDRESSES
USEFUL ADDRESSES

Kim BayleyChief Executive Steve RedmondStrategy and
Communications
Consultant Luke ButlerHead of Insight and
Research
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Manager

Courtenay Ireland
Finance and Team
Manager
Megan PageHead of PR, Marketing &
Promotions
ERA SECRETARIAT
Beth PerrinPA and Membership
Manager

ERA WOULD LIKE TO THANK:
David Sidebottom – FanCensus
Nick Francis – Fly Research
James Duvall – Futuresource
Dorian Bloch – GfK Entertainment
Sam Naji – GSD
Helena Kosinski – Luminate
James Boots, Michael Warrington – Kantar
Chris Austin, Gus Hully – Official Charts
Steven Bailey, Dom Tuit – Omdia
Themis Kokolakakis – Sheffield Hallam
Emily QuillinSocial Media and Digital
Marketing Executive
Sir Robbie GibbGovernment Relations
Consultant

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