We’ve been hearing for years that the music industry is in trouble thanks to piracy, but we finally have some good news on that front.

According to a midyear report released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the industry has raked in $1 billion from paid streaming subscriptions, almost matching the $1.2 billion total that the entirety of 2015 saw.

For years artists have been raging against the piracy machine, with Metallica’s famous fight against Napster bringing music piracy to the attention of the general public. Now however, it seems as though the music industry is winning a fight once thought unwinnable.

As The Verge reports, paid subscriptions to streaming services have grown to 18.3 million in the first half of 2016, up from 13 million in December, and doubling the amount at the same time last year.

What this means is that the global music industry is set to bring in the most revenue its seen since the mid-2000s and could make 2016 the first year the music industry has seen an increase in revenue year-on-year since the late ’90s.

Whether this means that the music industry is completely saved remains to be seen, as music piracy has been managing to prevail for years and years, but in the interim, it certainly looks like good news for those signed to record labels.

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