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In Reply to: RE: Music buying seems to be on the decline... posted by kuma on October 28, 2014 at 08:50:12
S-t-r-e-a-m-i-n-g.
It appears the graph is limited to purchases. If you were to include subscriptions to the many music services, the graph would look different.
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But what was the event that lead to such a steep decline prior.
I've seen a chart streaming is juuuust about surpassing the downloading a few years back.
It's been a gradual shift.
Unauthorized downloading started to become a factor in the late 1990s, and really exploded in 1999 with Napster.
And in addition to the subscription services that E-Stat mentioned, a lot of people stream music legally for free using YouTube, Last.fm, SoundCloud, etc.
Also, the economy peaked in the late 1990s and when people have more disposable income they're probably more likely to buy music.
It could also be associated with the decline of album oriented rock.
I certainly don't think the decline in sales indicates a declining interest in music.
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