The graph below shows how people buy music Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The line graph illustrates trends in music buying habits from 2011 to 2018 and is measured in three different methods: streaming, downloading and buying CDs. Overall, it can be seen that, both downloads and physical sales of music have steadly decline. There has been a sharp rise in people streaming music since 2012, while the downturn for the farmer began in 2014 and the latter has slumped since 2011.

Download peaked in 2014 at about 43% of sales but fell to 30% by 2018. This wa slighty higher than physical sales, which shrank to 25%. On the other hand, streaming overtook both of them and accounted for just over 40% of sales in 2018.

The majority of of music sales were of CDs at 55% of all sales in 2011. In contrast, streaming was not common at all at only 5%, although people had started to download music, it only represented 35% of sales. As sales of CDs began to fall, downloads started to rise. They rose steadily and downloads overtook physical sales in mid-2013. During the same period, streaming increase to 10% but then it started to grow more.