Gracenote identifies 2 billion CDs
(note: forgot to save web links for the following news, i'm too lazy to dig those up, so - no links today, google them yourselves)
Gracenote, the main commercial database for identifying ripped CDs, has announced their 2 billionth entry into their database today.
That gives us an idea of how many titles and how much content there is out there.
A regular traditional music retailer can stock a few thousand CDs. iTunes US currently has around 1.5 million songs or roughly 100-150.000 CDs, which is a lot but apparently this is still just ONE TENTH of what Gracenote was able to identify, and THAT again is just a fraction of what really is out there on CD, and THAT again is again just a fraction because there are still quite a few vinyl records that never made it to CD. If we are looking at all music that has ever been put to a recording media I suppose we are dealing with 5-10 billion CDs or 50 - 100 billion songs. wow. iTunes has a long way to go.
Gracenote, the main commercial database for identifying ripped CDs, has announced their 2 billionth entry into their database today.
That gives us an idea of how many titles and how much content there is out there.
A regular traditional music retailer can stock a few thousand CDs. iTunes US currently has around 1.5 million songs or roughly 100-150.000 CDs, which is a lot but apparently this is still just ONE TENTH of what Gracenote was able to identify, and THAT again is just a fraction of what really is out there on CD, and THAT again is again just a fraction because there are still quite a few vinyl records that never made it to CD. If we are looking at all music that has ever been put to a recording media I suppose we are dealing with 5-10 billion CDs or 50 - 100 billion songs. wow. iTunes has a long way to go.
flex - 18. Jul, 11:57
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lude - 18. Jul, 12:10
Would Anderson's Longtail still apply?
I guess the ever so popular long tail would be put up for discussion again:
On the one hand, the 5 billion options the MusicStore would offer, probably would elevate the theory into reality.
On the other hand I would expect a rather steep decline in "long tailing" following the option overflow thesis...
On the one hand, the 5 billion options the MusicStore would offer, probably would elevate the theory into reality.
On the other hand I would expect a rather steep decline in "long tailing" following the option overflow thesis...
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