The figures are being described as good news for the music industry, which has taken years to adapt to the streaming era, and has also faced difficulties with piracy and music available illegally online.
The head of ERA, Kim Bayley said in a statement: “We can now say definitively – music is back!”
However there are still questions over how music artists get paid in the streaming age. According to the Musicians Union, which represents artists, almost half of working musicians in the UK earn less than £14,000 a year.
“Sadly, professional musicians, artists and songwriters are not enjoying the boom represented by these figures,” said the union’s general secretary, Naomi Pohl.