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 the rate of total

music

selling by three forms of

music

buying approaches, namely streams,

downloads

, and

CDs

purchased from 2011 to 2017.

Overall

, the

music

sales percentage with

downloads

and

CDs

declined throughout the period,

whereas

stream method rates saw significant growth. In 2011, CD buying, which was the most popular way of

music

marketing, accounted for approximately 55%, 20%, and eleven times more than

downloads

and stream methods. Since

then

, the figure for

CDs

purchased has reduced steadily to a bottom of roughly 25% in the

last

year, which was less than others.

Likewise

,

music

listing by

downloads

ways, after rising to just above 40% in 2014, experienced a moderate fall to 30% in 2018.

In contrast

, the number of streams, less than others in the first year, climbed considerably and reached a peak of 40% in the

last

years, nearly 10 and 15 per cent higher than

downloads

and

CDs

.