
According to Spotify stats presented by Statista, the company generated $1.92 billion in Q3 2019, an increase from $1.85 billion earned in Q2.

Spotify’s quarterly financial reports show that the company’s revenue is on the rise and that it will be one of the leading apps in revenue. Spotify generated $1.92 billion in revenue in the last presented quarter. This is almost double the number subscribed to Apple Music and several times more than other competitors such as Amazon, Tencent or Deezer. According to Statista’s Spotify yearly stats, 36% of global music streaming subscribers have a subscription with Spotify. While Spotify faces competition in certain regional markets, it seems to be doing great in the overall global market. Spotify has a 36% share of the global music streaming market. ^ Philips, Chuck (January 5, 1995).Spotify Market Statistics 1."Chart Watch Extra: Bad Year For Soundtracks". "Cyrus, Brooks Give Their All to Record Sales". "The highest hit album the year you were born". ^ "Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200".

For information regarding the best-selling albums in the MRC Data era (from 1991 to present), see List of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era.

Since 2015, Billboard and MRC Data (formerly Nielsen SoundScan) used album-equivalent units to determine the year's top albums, thus there is a discrepancy between the best-selling album (based on pure sales) and the best-performing album (based on sales+streaming).From 1992 to date, Nielsen SoundScan's year-end tracking was used. In this list, from 1956 to 1991, the Billboard year-end tracking was used.Sometimes, the best-selling album of the year by Billboard is different than best-selling album of the year of Nielsen SoundScan, because Billboard calculates the year from December to November and Nielsen calculates the year from January to December. Albums at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked lower than expected on a year-end tally, yet are ranked on the following year's chart as well, as their cumulative points are split between the two chart years. This gives a more accurate picture of any given year's most popular titles, as an entry that hypothetically spent nine weeks at number one in March could possibly have earned fewer cumulative points than one spending six weeks at number three in January. After Billboard began obtaining sales and airplay information from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, the year-end charts are now calculated by a very straightforward cumulative total of yearlong sales points.^ Each year is linked to the article about music that year. ^ Ropin' the Wind was the best selling album of 1991 according to a 1992 article by the Los Angeles Times.^ Mariah Carey was the best selling album of 1991 according to a 2019 article by The Independent.

