The pie charts compare the allocation of money to different forms of music in three years in Northern Ireland.
Overall, digital downloads spending witnessed an upward trend, while CDs and concerts decreased. Additionally, the highest figure was recorded in the proportion of money spent on CDs in the initial two years, but it was overtaken by digital downloads in 2011.
In detail, the percentage of money allocated to CDs comprised a considerable 61% in 2005 before declining to 45% in 2008 and dropping further to only 26% in 2011. Similarly, although concerts were the second most popular music expenditure, at around 31% of total music expenditures in 2005, this spending decreased by a slight 6% in 2008. Concerts then increased in popularity and reached 28% in the final year.
In contrast, at about 2%, a tiny amount of expenditure was distributed to other music sources in the whole period. Digital downloads also started at a modest figure, 6%, before its figure increased by approximately four times in 2008. After three years, an extra 16% of the proportion of the money was allocated to digital downloads.