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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 illustrates the sales of music in the U.S between 2011 and 2018, measured in billions of U.S dollars.
Overall, music streaming sales saw the biggest change, with a general upward trend, while CD and the Download’s sales decreased steadily, Vingl’s figures followed an opposite trajectory.
Looking first at the sales of streaming music, this method recorded the most substantial change. With an initial standing of nearly 1 billion U.S. dollars, the figures rose steadily to just above 3 billion by 2015 and then skyrocketed further to reach a peak of around 8 billion in 2018. As for download sales, they consistently declined over the years, falling from around 3 billion at the beginning to just 1 billion by the end of the period.
Regarding the remaining music sales, CD and Vinyl, the changes were not dramatic. The former music sales were about 3 billion in 2011, after which this figure plunged slowly to around 1 billion in 2018. The latter music sales started the period as the lowest sales of music at around half billion, experienced a slight increase and ended the period at around 1 billion dollars.
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