Reason why Malaysia music industry is not doing well

Malaysia is a multi-cultural country which mainly consists of Malay, Chinese, and Indian. The most famous thing about Malaysia is food, especially when we talk about the food in Penang. However, they are not doing so well in music, they only accounted for one percent of total Asian sales in 2014 according to The Statista Portal. 

Souce: http://www.statista.com/statistics/297774/music-industry-revenue-asia-country/

I believe there are a few reasons why they are not improving and will probably get worse in the future. Firstly, it is because of the different races and too much focus on their own ethnicity. For example, a Malay most unlikely listen to Chinese song or write a Chinese song and vice versa, people tend to work in their comfort zone. Besides, the market is too limited because majority of the Malaysian are Malay, they only targets at people who speaks their language like Indonesian and Bruneian. This has causes the limited revenues they can make in a year. Lastly, most of the Malaysian singer and bands are moving overseas in order to be more successful. These are my reasons why Malaysia music industry fail to be at top. 

Original content posted by Han Seng Tan with reference to: Statista, (2015). Music industry revenue in Asia by country 2014 | Statistic. [online] Available at: http://www.statista.com/statistics/297774/music-industry-revenue-asia-country/ [Accessed 24 Sep. 2015].