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The image shows a line graph detailing the percentage of total music sales by streams, downloads, and CDs purchased from 2011 to 2018. In 2011, CDs purchased are 55%, downloads 35%, streams 5%. By 2012, CDs are 50%, downloads 39%, streams 7%. In 2013, CDs drop to 46%, downloads peak at 42%, streams at 10%. In 2014, CDs continue decreasing to 40%, downloads maintain at 41%, streams rise to 19%. In 2015, CDs decrease to 33%, downloads 43%, streams 24%. By 2016, CDs decline to 25%, downloads at 37%, streams increase to 34%. In 2017, CDs are at 19%, downloads decrease to 30%, streams climb to 43%. By 2018, CDs are at 14%, downloads 25%, streams peak at 50%.
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The graph give information about the proportion of international music sales through three different approaches: streams, downloads, and CDs purchased from 2011 to 2018.
Overall, there is a noticeable change in music consumption, with streaming gaining exposure rapidly while CDs saw a decline in sales.
In 2011, CDs were the dominant method to sell music, accounting for 55% of global sales, while downloads only took up around 35% of the total sales. Furthermore, streaming struggles with only 5% of the total sales. However, by 2013, downloads saw an upward trend, rising from 35% in 2011 to more than 40%, surpassing CDs, which saw a sharp decline in 3 years, to only 33% in the same period while streams gradually increased to 15%.
And by 2018, streaming accounted for the highest percentage of global music sales, reaching just over 40% while downloading reached just under 30% by the end of the period, and CDs dropped to almost 10% by 2018, dropping to almost 10% by 2018.
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