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The image depicts U.S. music sales in billions of U.S. dollars from 2011-2018 for downloads, streaming, CD, and vinyl. In 2011, downloads were at 3.1, streaming at 0.6, CD at 3.6, and vinyl at 0.2. By 2012, downloads reached 3.5, streaming at 1.0, CD at 3.1, and vinyl remained at 0.2. In 2013, downloads decreased slightly to 3.4, streaming rose to 1.4, CD dropped to 2.7, and vinyl increased to 0.3. In 2014, downloads decreased to 3.0, streaming increased to 2.0, CD continued to drop to 2.2, and vinyl reached 0.4. In 2015, downloads fell to 2.3, streaming rose to 2.5, CD dropped to 2.0, and vinyl increased to 0.5. For 2016, downloads decreased to 1.8, streaming surpassed other mediums reaching 3.5, CD continued declining at 1.5, and vinyl climbed to 0.6. In 2017, downloads further decreased to 1.3, streaming at 4.3, CD at 1.1, and vinyl to 0.7. By 2018, downloads were at 0.9, streaming soared to 7.0, CD at 0.6, and vinyl at 0.8.
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The line graph compares how music sales in the US changed between 2011 and 2018. Units are given in billions of US dollars.
Overall, what stands out on the graph is the remarkable growth in stream music sales, which surpassed all other sales of music. Sales from downloads and CD, on the other hand, dropped noticeably. While vinyl music sales did increase, it was still the least popular type of music for purchasing.
In detail, just under a billion dollars worth of music was sold via online streams in 2011, which had more than doubled by 2015. The most striking change took place afterwards when streaming music sales shot up to 7.5 billion dollars in 2018, marking more than a sevenfold rise since the start. In contrast, vinyl music sales were lowest in all years in question regardless of a half-a-billion-dollar rise until 2018.
Unlike stream and vinyl music sales, those from downloads and CD witnessed a decline. Starting off at roughly 3 billion dollars in 2011, they both fell gradually to 1 billion and just under 1 billion dollars in 2018, respectively.
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