About the Musical Groups & Artists in Washington Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Musical Groups & Artists in Washington Market Research Report
Definition of the Musical Groups & Artists in Washington?
Musicians, recording artists and songwriters create and perform music professionally, both in front of live audiences and in recording studios. Musicians earn revenue from songwriting, producing or recording, but they primarily operate as performers. This industry excludes musical theater and opera performers, as well as other professions involved in creating records, like sound engineers.
What’s included in the Musical Groups & Artists in Washington?
The Musical Groups & Artists in Washington includes rock, dance, country and pop bands writing, recording or performing, independent musicians or vocalists writing, recording or performing, jazz artists and groups writing, recording or performing, choirs writing, recording or performing, musical groups (except theatrical musical groups) writing, recording or performing, chamber musical groups and orchestras writing, recording or performing, symphony orchestras writing, recording or performing and classical musical groups writing, recording or performing. Related terms covered in the Musical Groups & Artists in Washington industry report includes an artist who has no employer, but sells their talents to a patron who requires the services, audio or visual media that is downloaded from the internet to a computing device, as opposed to being purchased in physical form at a traditional retail outlet, a creation of the mind, such as literary, musical and artistic works, that is often copyrighted, a large, often multiday, multistage concert where musicians, promoters and organizers can exploit economies of scale while attracting large crowds with the lineups and carnival-like atmosphere, an organization that manages an artist's income in the form of royalties from songs played in third-party media, such as internet radio or in a commercial and an online tool such as kickstarter that allows individuals to donate to companies or creative artists in small amounts.
Industry Performance of the Musical Groups & Artists industry in Washington
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Musical Groups & Artists in Washington
#18 in Highest Revenue 0.9% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
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Musical Groups & Artists in the US
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Key Drivers of the Musical Groups & Artists industry in Washington
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Washington Economic Indicators
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US Key External Drivers
Consumer spending
Album sales
Demand from concert and event promotion
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County Data of the Musical Groups & Artists industry in Washington
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Key Statistics of the Musical Groups & Artists industry in Washington
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