30 Years Of Music Industry Change Revealed In An Animated Gif

An animated gif comprised of thirty one pie charts represent the shifting revenue contributions from the LP, cassette, CD, to downloaded singles and...

Kyana Gordon Kyana Gordon on August 30, 2011. @Tropikyana

Using only U.S. data (RIAA revenue figures), Digital Music News created thirty pie charts representing the revenue contribution from various formats, between the years 1980-2010. Click on the animated gif below for a year-by-year shift as the LP, cassette, CD slowly lose ground to a newer format. To be expected, downloaded singles and albums are gaining traction on CDs 49.1% of the pie.

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