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# How Fast Are U.S. Download Single Sales Declining? [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-fast-are-us-download-single-sales-declining-chart/
- Published: 2018-04-02T10:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-04-02T10:20:00.000Z
- Description: This chart from Statista shows the decline in digital music single downloaded sales in the United States from 2004 to 2017. Last year, 553.5 million digital music singles were downloaded. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/04/how-fast-are-us-download-single-sales-declining-chart.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, DIY, DIY musicians, downloads, Google, indie, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, singles, Spotify, streaming, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

[![Down arrow red](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0a005147970d-200wi "Down arrow red")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0a005147970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)This chart from Statista shows the decline in digital music single downloaded sales in the United States from 2004 to 2017\. Last year, 553.5 million digital music singles were downloaded in the U.S., down from 743 million a year earlier.

[![Statistic: Number of digital music single downloads in the United States from 2004 to 2017 (in millions) | Statista](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-statista-com/graphic/1/186688/downloads-of-digital-music-singles-in-the-us-since-2004.png)](https://www.statista.com/statistics/186688/downloads-of-digital-music-singles-in-the-us-since-2004/?ref=hypebot.com)  
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