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

The graph below shows how people buy music. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
This
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 line chart illustrates the percentage of music
sales
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 by method — streams (in blue),
downloads
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 (in red), and
CD
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purchases
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 (in green) — over the years from 2011 to 2018.
Overall
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, different trends can be observed. One clear trend is that streaming and
CD
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purchases
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 had completely opposite developments, as one started very high and ended low,
while
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 the other began at the bottom and rose significantly. Another noticeable pattern is that
downloads
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 remained fairly stable with some ups and downs. In 2011, streaming
sales
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 accounted for approximately 5%,
whereas
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CD
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purchases
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 were immensely high at close to 55%. At the same time,
downloads
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 stood at roughly 35%, rose slightly to about 45% in the middle of the period, and
then
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 fell steadily to nearly 30% in 2018. The growth of streaming was exponential, reaching its highest point in 2018 at around 40%, the same level that
CD
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purchases
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 had in 2014.
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, there were several crossing points. One occurred between 2013 and 2014, when
downloads
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 and
CD
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sales
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 had approximately the same percentage. Another appeared in mid-2016, when streaming and
CD
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sales
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 met at close to 30%, followed by a similar intersection between
downloads
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 and streaming in mid-2017 at roughly 35%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, downloads, cd, purchases with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "roughly" was used 2 times.
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