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# Does Streaming Music Hurt Sales?  [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/does-streaming-music-hurst-sales-infographic/
- Published: 2013-01-17T13:25:53.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-17T13:25:53.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Does streaming music hurt sales? It's a debate that has raged on the pages of Hypebot and elsewhere since free on demand music services like Spotify first launched. This. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/does-streaming-music-hurst-sales-infographic.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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(UPDATED) Does streaming music hurt sales? It's a debate that has raged on the pages of Hypebot and elsewhere since free on demand music services like Spotify first launched. This infographic from digtialmusic.org looks at the effect that being on or withholding album and song releases from on-demand music services had on the sales of top-tier artists in 2012.

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