2015's Mid-Year compared to 2014's Mid-Year, according to Nielsen.
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2014
2015
CHANGE
DIGITAL TRACK SALES
593.6M
531.6M
-10.4%
DIGITAL ALBUM SALES
53.8
53.7
-0.1%
ON-DEMAND AUDIO STREAMS
33.7B
58.6B
+74.2%
DIGITAL ALBUMS+TEA+SEA
160.0M
197.0M
+23.1%
OVERALL ALBUMS+TEA+SEA
227.1M
259.4M
+14.2%
2015's Mid-Year in Album Equivalent Sales compared to past Mid-Year's in Album Equivalent Sales.
YEAR
ALBUM EQUIVALENT SALES
2012
247.68M
2013
235.0M
2014
227.1M
2015
259.4M
So in all metrics -- physical sales, digital sales, and streaming this is the highest year for the music industry since 2011, and the first year of growth since 2011. iTunes decline not telling the actual picture.
streaming being big is not really preventing the fact that sales continue to go down, but okay, share that in the itunes thread i guess.
Where did I say it was preventing sales going down? Reading is essential. Overall industry revenue is going up, not sales. Talk to Soundscan about the numbers if you disagree.
5 Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer 0.5822 0.6078 0.6394 0.7023 0.7633 0.8076
I didn't know it was doing this badly. Where was the ATRL bandwagon that was here when it was #1. Now watch everyone go back to insulting her and dragging her in every thread.
The doo-wop pop sound is SO overdone now. I think Meghan officially pushed it into that territory.
Have you heard the new Pharrell song? It's SO bad. I'm mad it's rising worldwide.
He deserves to be shot at the back of his head for all his latest singles, he's so corny and John Legend-y these days.
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Anyway,
Watch Me Whip (Nae Nae) and Bad Blood remix are the best songs in the T10.
All we are saying is that a portion of iTunes users can't buy the song without knowing they need to turn off the filter. We are only saying that this has a negative effect on the song's sales.
We never said it's impossible for any explicit songs to rise on iTunes.
We also never said that this is the sole reason for its decline.
Keep putting words in our mouths to try to make a point though. Basic logic would dictate we're right.
62 Taylor Swift Shake It Off 77 Taylor Swift Blank Space 101 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass 136 + 1181 Pharrell Williams Happy (From "Despicable Me 2") 198 John Legend All of Me 327 Katy Perry Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) 330 Pitbull Timber (feat. Ke$ha) 408 MAGIC! Rude 534 + 1400 Iggy Azalea Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)
Taylor her longevity I'll give those songs a couple more months to comare to other #1s since they smashed in the last quarter but still impressive. SIO will never die
iTunes decline not telling the actual picture.
Where was the ATRL bandwagon that was here when it was #1. Now watch everyone go back to insulting her and dragging her in every thread. 
Get the comeback I guess Puffy.
