The bar chart below shows spending on different forms of music in America in two years.

The bar chart below shows spending on different forms of music in America in two years.
The bar chart illustrates changes in the spending of Americans on 5 different
music
channels (
Downloads
, Streaming, CD,
Synchronisation
Royalties
and
Music
Video) over one year (2013-2014).
Overall
, the most striking feature is that in 2014 Americans paid less for all categories, with the exception of Streaming,
while
Downloads
still received the most money and
Music
Videos the least.
Also
,
Synchronisation
Royalties
and
Music
Videos saw a less significant decrease in absolute values, than
Downloads
and CDs. In 2013,
Downloads
dominated the market with 1541
million
dollars
spent on
this
category,
while
CD stood next at 885
million
dollars
.
However
, both these categories dropped significantly to 1300
million
dollars
and 719
million
dollars
, respectively.
In contrast
, Streaming stood at 700
million
dollars
occupying
the
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third place in 2013 but had increased considerably to 860
million
dollars
by 2014, reversing positions with CD. The least popular
music
channels in both years were
Synchronisation
Royalties
and
Music
Video.
However
,
while
there was a slight decrease in
Synchronisation
Royalties
, which dropped from 100
million
dollars
in 2013 to 90
million
dollars
in 2014,
Music
Video underwent a more dramatic decrease, with 50
million
dollars
in 2013 dropping to 10
million
dollars
in 2014.
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