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METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES VIETNAM METHODOLOGY • Trade value: also known as wholesale value, trade value refers to record companies’ revenue • Revisions and updates: some figures presented in this publication may differ from previous GLOBAL RANK 52 from the sale/licensing of recorded music products and content to Digital Service Providers, years due to revisions and updates or due to better information becoming available. domestic retailers/intermediaries, net of discounts, returns, taxes and sales allowances. • Subscriber numbers: IFPI agreed a methodology for the calculation of streaming subscription Premium sales (physical and digital) are included. Promotional goods, non-music/non-sound numbers with international representatives from each of our major members (SME, UMG recording artist related income, deletions, cut-outs, distribution fees and income from legal and WMG), which is consistent with previous years. We also contacted DSPs to validate the settlements from anti-piracy cases are excluded. All analysis, growth and trends, are based RECORDED MUSIC REVENUES BY SECTOR 2020 (TRADE VALUE) accuracy of the IFPI figures. on trade value unless otherwise stated. Figures are provided by the record companies to IFPI for the respective markets. The local IFPI National Group in the respective markets applies a IFPI GLOBAL CHARTS ‘coverage factor’ to the figures to account for non-reporting companies, therefore representing STREAMING OTHER DIGITAL PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE RIGHTS SYNCHRONISATION 100% of the market. IFPI compiles four Global Charts, which rank the top artists, singles and albums of the year globally. All charts are based on submissions from participating labels across the world, which 98.6% 1.3% - - 0.1% • US $ values: local currency values are stated at independently sourced 2020 exchange rates. are compiled and converted into chart units by IFPI. IFPI restates all historic local currency values on an annual basis. Market values can therefore $10.6 million (+85.5%) $0.1 million (+25.8%) - million (-) - million (-) $0.0 million (-) vary retrospectively as a result of foreign currency movements. • The IFPI Global Artist Chart and IFPI Global Album All-Format Chart include all Physical World Ranking: 46 World Ranking: 53 World Ranking: 52 World Ranking: 61 World Ranking: 50 • Digital: includes permanent downloads, subscription audio streams income, ad-supported and Digital consumption formats, which are converted by region according to the relative audio streams income, video streams income, mobile personalisation and other digital. economics (revenue per unit of consumption) of each. All consumption is converted into Album Excludes minimum guarantees (breakage) unless specifically stated on the relevant country Equivalent Units according to these conversion rates and forms the chart rankings. Due to the page. sensitive nature of the data used for these conversions, chart units are not published. YEAR ON YEAR CHANGE 2020 (US$ MILLION) • Subscription audio streams income: income from audio subscription services premium tier • The IFPI Global Digital Single Chart is produced in a similar manner to the Artist and Album Total Music Revenue per capita and from subscriptions bundled with other services (e.g. subscriptions to , All-Format Charts, but only considers digital consumption formats (Streaming and Downloads). (US$) Subscription audio streams +66.4% +1.3 $0.10 Premium, QQ Music VIP, or subscriptions bundled with a mobile phone contract). Includes the This consumption is converted into Subscription Stream Equivalent Units by region, which Year on Year Change : (+$0.05) sale of tethered downloads if purchased as part of an audio streaming subscription, where form the chart rankings. Ad-supported audio streams +90.0% +1.9 the downloads are only available during the subscription period. • The IFPI Global Album Sales Chart considers only physical album sales as well as full album Video streams +100.7% +1.7 Total Physical and Digital sales • Ad-supported streams income: income from the free tier of audio subscription services downloads. Rather than being converted, these sales are counted on a unit basis, which forms Other digital +25.8% +0.0 per capita (US$) $0.10 e.g. the free and advertising-supported tier of Spotify, , or Kugou. This category also the chart rankings. includes global deals with social media DSPs and other non-categorised revenues such as Physical - Year on Year Change : (+$0.05) semi-interactive digital radio service revenues (e.g. Pandora) and cloud income. SOURCES Performance rights - • Video streams income: income from video streams monetised by advertising or subscription • GDP: The World Bank: GDP (data.worldbank.org). Except Taiwan GDP from Trading Economics Synchronisation - models (e.g. YouTube official videos or ). (tradingeconomics.com) as not available in the World Bank dataset. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNOLOGY Total +84.4% +4.9 • Downloads: may be referred to as ‘permanent downloads’. A sale delivered online, via mobile • Population and language: The CIA World Factbook (www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) INDICATORS network or kiosk, and sold under a pay-per-transaction (or use of pre-pay). Includes audio unless otherwise stated. -10 0 10 single tracks, audio full albums, and music videos and other downloads. Population (m): 102.8 • Currency, exchange rates: Oanda (oanda.com) Language: Vietnamese • Mobile personalisation and other digital: includes master ringtones, ringback tones, and • Information and technology indicators: We Are Social (wearesocial.com) unless otherwise Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND) other personalised mobile products such as greetings, dedications and voicetones. RECORDED MUSIC REVENUES BY FORMAT (US$ MILLION, TRADE VALUE) stated. US$ exchange rate: 23,302.04 • Physical: includes sales of all physical formats, including physical singles, CD, vinyl and other • National top songs and albums: Local chart compilers and IFPI National Groups. 2020 YoY % GDP per capita (US$): $2,548 (e.g. cassette, mini disc and pre-loaded physical devices). CD sales ordered via the internet 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 change Internet users (m): 68.7 (e.g. via Amazon) are reported as physical sales. • Top independent labels: Lists are provided by IFPI National Groups based on market data Mobile internet users (m): 65.1 available to them. Lists may include National Group members only or full market. Methodologies Subscription audio streams - - - 1.9 3.2 +66.4% • Performance rights revenues: income collected by recording industry music licensing for compilation vary. Lists are alphabetic only and do not indicate market ranking. For further Ad-supported audio streams - - - 2.1 4.0 +90.0% Fixed internet line speed (Mbps): 60.9 companies from third parties for the use of sound recordings and music videos in broadcasting Mobile internet speed (Mbps): 34.5 information about a specific national list, please contact the IFPI National Group directly. Video streams - - - 1.7 3.5 +100.7% (radio and TV), public performance (nightclubs, bars, restaurants, hotels) and certain internet Smartphone penetration rate: 67% uses, as well as private copying levy income. • Global Artist Chart, Global Digital Single Chart, Global Album All-Format Chart and Global Streaming - - - 5.7 10.6 +85.5% Mobile connections at 3G to 5G: 64% Album Sales Chart: Record companies. Note: in 2015 and for all subsequent years, IFPI amended the methodology and scope of its Downloads - - - 0.1 0.1 +27.5% coverage of performance rights revenues globally and for the US: IFPI figures may differ from the reports of local industry groups due to IFPI’s required coverage Mobile personalisation & other digital - - - 0.0 0.0 +22.4% adjustment or a different basis of reporting. Downloads & other digital - - - 0.1 0.1 +25.8% Globally, performance rights revenues now refer to collections by music licensing companies CD ------for the use of sound recordings and encompass performers’ and record companies’ shares for such collections. Performance revenues reported by IFPI refer to all revenue actually received Vinyl ------on MLCs’ accounts during the relevant year. Music video ------Physical ------In the US, SoundExchange collections for internet uses are reported under “Mobile personalisation and other digital”. Collections from digital satellite radio and other sources are reported under Performance rights ------“performance rights”. This reflects the fact that a significant proportion of SoundExchange Synchronisation - - - - 0.0 - revenues comes from personalised or semi- interactive digital radio services (such as Pandora) Total revenues - - - 5.8 10.8 +84.4% that are elsewhere reported directly by the companies under “digital” revenue. As such, US performance rights now exclude SoundExchange’s collections from simulcasting, webcasting, and semi-interactive digital radio services such as Pandora.

• Synchronisation revenues: flat fees or royalties from the use of sound recordings in TV, films, games, and adverts. Figures under this category refer to gross income to the music company generated within the territory, irrespective of repertoire source. • Top songs and top albums: the national top songs and top albums published on country pages are supplied depending on the basis of the chart available from the local IFPI National Group. For further details of what formats are included in each national chart please contact the local IFPI National Group. • Rounding: figures are subject to rounding, which may affect overall totals and percentages.

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