The line graph illustrates changes in the levels of music sales in three methods from 2011 to 2018 and is measured in percentage. Overall, it can be seen that the three selling methods have various patterns of growth.
It is clear that in 2011, people were more likely to buy CDs, at approximately 55%. The figure was 20% and 50% higher than those of downloads and streams. But, the percentage of CDs purchased decreased gradually every year and hit its lowest point at around 25% in 2018. On the other hand, while the stream method was not favorable in the beginning, its proportion grew considerably from about 5% in 2011 to around 41% at the end of the period, surpassing all the other ways of obtaining music.
Downloads had less dramatic growth than streams and CDs purchased. It stood at around 35% in 2011 and increased steadily to around 43% in 2014, overtaking CD sales. Nonetheless, it fell slowly to about 30% in 2018.
The line graph illustrates
changes
in the levels of music sales in three methods from 2011 to 2018 and
is measured
in percentage.
Overall
, it can be
seen
that the three selling methods have various patterns of growth.
It is
clear
that in 2011,
people
were more likely to
buy
CDs
, at approximately 55%. The figure was 20% and 50% higher than those of downloads and streams.
But
, the percentage of
CDs
purchased
decreased
gradually
every year and hit its lowest point at
around
25% in 2018.
On the other hand
, while the stream method was not favorable in the beginning, its proportion grew
considerably
from about 5% in 2011 to
around
41% at the
end
of the period, surpassing all the other ways of obtaining music.
Downloads had less dramatic growth than streams and
CDs
purchased
. It stood at
around
35% in 2011 and increased
steadily
to
around
43% in 2014, overtaking CD sales. Nonetheless, it fell
slowly
to about 30% in 2018.