Overall, percentage of the total music sold as CDs and downloads decreased over the period, while the part of songs and melodies sold using streams was rising during these 8 years.

 In 2011 almost 60% of total music was sold by physical sales and nearly 35% was downloaded by consumers. During the period the percentage of music sold in CD form was falling fast and in 2018 it was only one third of the percentage, sold in the 2011, while the percentage of downloaded music decreased not so dramatic over the period.
    In 2011 only 6-7% of music was sold using streams, but during next 8 years this percentage was growing and in 2018 it was nearly 7 times bigger than it was in the first year of the period.

Overall, the music sales have decreased during this span, with the exception of streaming, which saw a considerable rise. At the start of the period, CDs were the the most popular among music lovers but finished in last place in 2018.

The sales via buying CDs and downloading songs showed a drop for approximately 30% and 5% respectively. Streaming, starting from 5% in 2011, rose dramatically to slightly over 40%.

CDs purchased witnessed a decline in sales and streaming sales steeply gone up for the whole period. However, downloads started from about 35% in 2011 and steadily rose to just above 40% in 2014. At this point, the method saw a rebound and finished the period with around 30% by the end of the span.

 

Overall, the total number of sales by CDs and downloads has significantly decreased, while streams have shown a rapid jump. Streams were growing during the whole term, downloads sales were rising from 2011 to 2014, however the number of CDs sold was steadily going down for 8 years.

 

For the first half of the span CDs were the most popular option to buy music. About 55% of listeners preferred this way, but later it showed only a quarter of total sales. Starting from 2013 to 2016 downloads were demonstrating the highest result in sales. It was hesitating from 40 to 35 percent. By the end of the period sales by streaming were approximately 15% over then by two other methods. 

 

In comparison with downloads, which sales remained almost stable, CDs and streams witnessed a steep change in indicators in the beginning and in the end of the span.

Overall, both direct CDs purchases and downloads have significantly declined over the period given, while streams have grown rapidly. In 2011 CDs purchasing was the most frequently used method of buying music, which was replaced by downloading from 2013 to 2017, and following that streaming became the most popular type in the final year.

With regards to the number of CDs bought, it began at around 55% and then was slowly decreasing during all 8 years before falling to 25 percentages in 2018. Likewise, approximately one-third of the total music purchased came from downloading at the beginning of observations, and then in 2014, the peak was reached (around 43%) before a moderate decrease to 30%.

According to the data, the popularity of streaming music among listeners was significantly growing over years. It started in 2011 at about 5%, outstripped CD purchasing in 2016, downloads in 2017, and in 2018 took a leading position at 40 percentages.

    It can be seen from the graph, that the peak of popularity of downloads was in 2014, when the percentage of sales was marginally above 40%. Over the next four years the demand for this product fell steadily, and by the end of 2018 sales were exactly 30%. At the beginning of the period the CDs purchased were greatly in demand, but then the quantity of customers began to drop and hit a low of approximately 25% in 2018. 

   It is noticeable, that the line of sales of streams shows a speedy boom. The number of buyers of this product was gradually growing and by the end of the period the quantity had increased by about 35%.

The graph illustrates the changes in total music sales from 2011 to 2018. The sales are divided into three methods: streams, downloads and CDs purchases. The number of sales is measured in percents.

 

Overall, both downloads and sales of music via physical interaction have decreased. However, CDs purchases have dropped more significantly than the downloads in the span of these eight years. On the contrary, streaming of music has increased immensely and became extremely popular during the abovementioned period.

 

In the 2011 downloads of music was quite a high-demand thing. However, at that time it could not be compared with CDs purchases because the difference in popularity between these ways of buying music was considerably huge. Physical sales reached their peak of approximately 55 percent in the beginning of the span and dramatically plunged to the minimum of around 25 percent by the end of it. Downloads have also had their maximum but it happened in 2014 and it was probably 43 percent. In the end of the span the downloads like CDs purchases has reached their minimum but the downloading of music was more popular as opposed to the physical sales and was 30 percent.

 

In the beginning of the period, music streams was extremely an unpopular thing. Nevertheless, in 2018 these method of selling music became the most the liked one and reached the peak of slightly more than 40 percent. No other way of music sales could not be compared with the streams. It’s worth mentioning, that the streams and 2 other ways of buying music were at the same level of popularity in the period of 2016 to 2017. 

 

   Overall, the number of music sold by downloads and CDs plunged slightly over the period presented while streams showed its gradual growth. At the start of the period, the percentage of CDs purchases was the most popular spread, which was replaced by downloads from 2014 to 2017.

  

    At the beginning, CDs were the most preferable among consumers, close to 55% of sales. Over time the number of downloads sold increased to the point approximately 43% of the total number and reached its peak in 2014, while streams achieved this position in 2018.

   

   With regards to the number of music sales by downloads, it remained almost unchanged. Originally, its percentage was 35% and after few years it attained 30% bypassing its peak. 

The line graph illustrates the changes in music sales during the time span from 2011 to 2018 by three methods: streams, downloads, CDs purchased. Units are measured in percentage.

Overall, the sales of CDs decreased over the period given, while for the streams, it rose. For 7 years people’s preference in downloading music didn’t make a big difference, but it fluctuated slightly. 

With regards to the percentage of music sales by downloading it, it began with 35%, peaked at approximately 43% before falling to 30%. In 2011, people were attracted to purchasing CDs. However, the interest in compact discs decreased, dropping from 55% to 25% and never went up. 

On the other hand, the curve of streaming soared, which means the popularity of the particular method of listening to music increased, rising from 5% to 40%.

Overall, the number of downloads and physical sales declined over the period, when streams became extremely popular. CDs purchased and streams had a constant drop and growth respectively over the 8 years, while sales of downloads vacillated a bit and did not change so sharply.

In 2011 the Cds purchased were the most preferable for consumers and reached more than 55% of music sales. But the popularity of physical purchases decreased dramatically over the span and the quantity of their sales dropped to 25%. In contrast, the streams had a steady growth of demand over the 8 years and in 2018 hit a high of over 40%.

 

The number of downloads during the period fluctuated. Over the first 4 years the demand of this product rose gradually and total sales of downloads jumped from 35% to approximately 45%. However, the popularity of this product declined during the next 4 years and sales fell to 30% that only 5% lower than at the beginning.