The graph below shows how people buy music.

The graph below shows how people buy music.
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The line graph provides information about the percentage of people who buy total
music
in the form of streams, downloads and CD purchases from 2011 to 2018.
Overall
, there was a gradual decline in CD purchases over the given period of time
while
a significant increase in online streaming was observed across the time frame and the proportion of downloaded
music
had a minor fluctuation in the trend but remained more or less steady. The proportion of total money paid into CDs was the highest at approximately 55% in 2011 which
then
started to decline gradually until it reached well above 20%
whereas
the proportion of downloaded
music
displayed an upward trend over the years 2011 and 2014 to be about 35% and slightly above 40%.
However
, the percentage of downloaded songs declined steadily until 2018 when it was at 30%. The percentage of soundtracks available to stream online experienced a dramatic rise from being a tiny fraction in 2011 to reaching almost 40% of the total
music
methods.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words music with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gradual" was used 2 times.
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