The SNEP 2026 First-Half Music Market Report

The SNEP 2026 first-half music market report reviews performance in the French recorded music market. The report’s scope covers the French recorded music market and examines revenues, streaming, physical formats, and broader market trends. Key areas analyzed include overall revenues, paid and ad-supported streaming, video streaming, physical sales, and comparative first-half versus second-half dynamics. This introduction summarizes those areas and highlights the main quantitative findings from the first semester.

Revenues in the French recorded music market increased by 3.5% compared with the same period in 2025. Revenues from paid streaming platforms rose by 7.5%. Digital revenues, defined as streaming subscriptions, ad-supported audio streaming, and video streaming, grew by 5.2% and accounted for 81% of combined digital and physical revenues. Since 2020, audio streams from paid subscriptions have doubled.

Physical formats declined by 3.4% during the period. Within physical formats, CDs fell by 14.4% while vinyl increased by 5.8%. The first half tends to have lower business volume than the second half, indicating momentum for the rest of the year. Over six years, turnover of the first semesters has increased by 68%.

The SNEP 2026 first-half music market report presents revenue performance for the French recorded music market in the first half of 2026, reporting an overall revenue increase of 3.5% compared with the same period in 2025. Revenues from paid streaming platforms rose by 7.5% during the period. Digital revenues—defined in the report as streaming subscriptions, ad-supported audio streaming, and video streaming—expanded by 5.2% in the first semester. The report frames these figures as central to understanding how different income streams contributed to market performance.

Digital formats accounted for 81% of combined digital and physical revenues in the reporting period. The report also notes that since 2020 audio streams from paid subscriptions have doubled. Physical formats declined by 3.4% overall across the first half, with CDs down 14.4% while vinyl increased by 5.8%. Over a six-year span, turnover of first semesters has risen by 68%, reinforcing the revenue patterns documented in this summary.

Physical formats declined by 3.4% in the first half of 2026, according to the report covering the French recorded music market. Within physical formats, compact discs recorded a 14.4% decrease over the reporting period, reflecting continued contraction in CD sales. By contrast, vinyl records increased by 5.8% across the same first semester, marking a continued niche growth for that format. The report lists these format-specific movements as part of its format trends section for the period.

Digital formats—defined as streaming subscriptions, ad-supported audio streaming, and video streaming—grew by 5.2% in the first half of 2026 and represented 81% of combined digital and physical revenues for that semester. Revenues from paid streaming platforms rose by 7.5% in the same reporting period, a figure reported separately for paid services. Since 2020, audio streams from paid subscriptions have doubled, a metric the report includes to show longer-term changes in listening behavior. The document compiles these digital metrics alongside format sales to provide the report’s overview of market structure in the first semester of 2026.

The content names SNEP and presents the “SNEP 2026 first-half music market report“, identifying SNEP as the reporting organization. Tsugi is listed among companies mentioned, and products named in the material include vinyl, CDs, and digital streaming platforms such as streaming subscriptions, ad-supported audio streaming, and video streaming. Alexandre Lasch appears among the persons named in the content, and the text contains a quoted statement: “consolidating this model is essential to allow labels and producers to continue investing, supporting talents, and sustaining a diverse music production.” The available sources do not provide a direct attribution linking that quoted statement to Alexandre Lasch.

Alexandre Lasch is listed among named persons in the SNEP 2026 first-half music market report material. The report text includes a directly quoted statement about consolidating the current market model to support investment and talent. The available sources do not provide a direct attribution linking that quoted statement to Alexandre Lasch.

“consolidating this model is essential to allow labels and producers to continue investing, supporting talents, and sustaining a diverse music production.”

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The report notes that the first half of the year typically records lower business volume than the second half, and it presents this seasonal unevenness as a factor to consider when interpreting first-semester results.

Across a six-year period, the report records a 68% increase in turnover for first semesters and states that this change indicates sustained momentum.

The document presents the recurrent first-half shortfall and the multi-year 68% rise in first-semester turnover together to contextualize short-term performance within longer-term growth patterns.

The report places these observations alongside other metrics in its assessment of market momentum for the period.

The SNEP 2026 first-half music market report records an overall revenue increase of 3.5% in the French recorded music market for the first semester of 2026. Revenues from paid streaming platforms rose by 7.5%, while digital revenues—defined as streaming subscriptions, ad-supported audio streaming, and video streaming—grew by 5.2% and represented 81% of combined digital and physical revenues. Physical formats declined by 3.4% overall, with CDs down 14.4% and vinyl up 5.8%. The report also notes that audio streams from paid subscriptions have doubled since 2020.

The report states that the first half typically records lower business volume than the second half and records a 68% increase in turnover for first semesters over six years. The document frames these elements as indicators of sustained market momentum.

“consolidating this model is essential to allow labels and producers to continue investing, supporting talents, and sustaining a diverse music production.”

The available content lists Alexandre Lasch among named persons but does not provide date, position, or additional context for the quote.