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Streaming Music More Preferred Than Bought It

The influx of people into the digital age makes the smartphone users are reluctant to keep a song in physical form. They tend to like the online storage. The reason is simple, cloud services can be accessed from anywhere as long as the user has a connection internet.Tren evolving this included music service. Some people do still like to collect music by buying the physical version of the album. However, the digital music service users are also more numerous, better buy it through services such as iTunes App Store, or enjoy streaming. In the United States, steaming music service revenues increased 28% to USD859 million in the first half, compared to USD673 million at the beginning of the year. Some streaming services that play a role in this increase is Spotifiy, and Beats Music from Apple, streaming radio services like Sirius XM, as well as video streaming service from Vevo or YouTube. Meanwhile, sales of digital music such as that offered by the App Store has decreased by 12%, or equivalent to USD1.3 billion in the first six months. One of the factors influencing this trend is the work of musicians who tend to release them one at a time rather than collected in one album, and was released later.

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