Apple’s iTunes store revolutionised the music industry,but now streaming reigns supreme and even vinyl is fighting backThe digital download, ushered in to the mass market more than a decade ago by Apple’s iTunes music store, or is in rapid decline as people shift to streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
The shift from downloads to streaming is highlighted by the biggest-selling singles of this year and 2006,when Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy became the first download-only song to top the UK charts, in a sign the digital format was eclipsing CD sales. Crazy shifted nearly 661000 units during its nine weeks at UK No 1 and went on to sell more than 1m downloads.
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Source: theguardian.com