RIAA's Mid-Year Numbers Are Now Official

The Recording Industry Association of America has released its Mid-Year 2026 U.S. Recorded Music Revenue Report, its regular accounting of how recorded music sales and streaming performed nationwide over the first half of the year. It is a routine release from the trade body that represents labels and distributors doing business across the country, Nashville's included. For a city where the business of music matters as much as the music itself, it stands simply as the latest official read on how the industry is doing.

With reporting from MusicRow.