music industry change visualizations
Posted: May 24, 2011 | Author: Sideb0ard | Filed under: future, history, music, visualization | Leave a comment »couple of nice visualizations I’ve come across recently..
First one is a graph of vinyl record sales from 1973-2010..
“In 2010, vinyl shipments were 4 million, according to US-based data tracked by the RIAA. In 1977, that figure was 344 million. This also may not be the first bout of nostalgia: in 1998, sales were 3.4 million, while the 2009 tally was 3.2 million.” Digital Music News
This second graph puts those vinyl sales into perspective amongst the highwater mark of CD sales..
From Business Insider