The line graph illustrates the proportion of total music retailing by three different

methods from 2011 to 2018

Overall, it is clear that while the data for music selling by streams increased
significantly, the opposite was true for that of CDs purchased, and those by
downloads fluctuated between 2011 and 2018
During the first half of period, the proportion of music retailing by streams stood at
around 5%, before increasing considerably to about 20% from 2011 to
2014.Moreover, there was a dramatic decrease from around 55% to about 35% in
the percentage of music retailing by CDs purchased between 2011 and 2014, which
was approximately twice higher than that by streams. Additionally, the data for
music retailing by downloads tended to rise to about 43% from 2011 to 2013,
followed by a fall to 40% in 2014.
In the last four years, the proportion of music selling by streams continuously grew
up from around 25% to 40%, which was the highest and also surpassed that of
CDs purchased, which uninterruptedly reduced to 25% between 2015 and 2018 to
become the lowest figure. Finally, the figure for music selling by downloads
slightly fell from 40% to 30%, which was lower than that by streams between
2015 and 2018