The pie charts illustrate the changes in spending patterns in Northern Ireland with regards to music.
The first set of data is for 2003, where it can be seen that the majority of expenditure was for CDs, accounting for well over half. Just under one third of the money was spent attending concerts, standing at 31%. Downloaded music was only 6%, and the smallest category was that labeled ‘other’.
Three years later, the order of the four categories was the same, but there was a marked increase in the sale of digital music and an inverse correlation to the sale of CDs, which fell by 20% to 41%.
By 2011, digital purchases had overtaken both concerts and CDs and accounted for nearly half of all sales. The difference between CDs and concert sales narrowed to only 2%, and the ‘other’ category rose slightly to 3%.
Overall, it is clear that while concert sales remained relatively stable at around one third, digital music sales became more common than CD sales.
The pie charts illustrate the
changes
in spending patterns in Northern Ireland
with regards to
music.
The
first
set of data is for 2003, where it can be
seen
that the majority of expenditure was for
CDs
, accounting for well over half.
Just
under one third of the money
was spent
attending
concerts
, standing at 31%. Downloaded music was
only
6%, and the smallest category was that labeled ‘other’.
Three years later, the order of the four categories was the same,
but
there was a marked increase in the
sale
of digital music and an inverse correlation to the
sale
of
CDs
, which fell by 20% to 41%.
By 2011, digital
purchases
had overtaken both
concerts
and
CDs
and accounted for
nearly
half of all
sales
. The difference between
CDs
and
concert
sales
narrowed to
only
2%, and the ‘other’ category rose
slightly
to 3%.
Overall
, it is
clear
that while
concert
sales
remained
relatively
stable at around one third, digital music
sales
became more common than CD
sales
.