The three pie charts illustrate the allocation of funds to various music formats in Northern Ireland in three distinct years: 2005, 2008, and 2011.
Overall, it is steadily apparent that while the expenditure on CDs and concerts witnessed an downward trend, the opposite was true for digital downloads. Additionally, the most notable distribution of money spent on CD category in 2005 and 2008 before it was overtaken by digital downloads in the final year.
Concerning CD and concert sectors, initially, in 2005, the data for CDs made up the largest distribution at 61%, followed by a significant decrease of 16% in the next 3 years. After that, it decreased further to 26% in 2011, less three-fold as much as that in 2005. Similarly, the amount of money was spent on music concerts exhibited slight decreased trajectory, from 31% to 28% during the same period shown.
Regarding the other sources, a discernible upward trend was documented in the digital downloads rate. After reaching a minor 58% in 2005, this figure surged to 28% in 2008 and 44% in 2011, the digital downloads’ 2011 figure surpassed the data for CDs to become the predominant category for consumer preferences. Meanwhile, the data for other sources maintained the lowest percentage points at 2% in all three years.