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# U.S. Music Consumption Up 6.5%, On-Demand Streams Grew 58% [BuzzAngle Music Mid-Year Report]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/us-music-consumption-up-65-on-demand-streams-grew-58-buzzangle-music-mid-year-report/
- Published: 2016-07-05T15:46:41.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-05T15:46:41.000Z
- Description: After year's of down numbers, the music industry is finally starting to rebound. Thanks to music streaming, the pace of expansion is accelerating, despite a growing downturn in music sales.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Major Labels, Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Compact disc, iTunes, List of online music databases, music industry, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![BuzzAngle Music Charts   BuzzAngle Music](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d201b1ad970c-150wi "BuzzAngle Music Charts   BuzzAngle Music")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d201b1ad970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)After year's of down numbers, the **music industry is finally starting to rebound**. Thanks to music streaming, the **pace of expansion is accelerating**, despite a growing downturn in music sales.

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U.S. music consumption grew nicely during the first half of 2016, even as sales of most formats declined, according to a new mid-year data from BuzzAngle Music. With the pace of audio streaming more than doubling over the same period in 2015, total music consumption was up an impressive 6.5%. On-demand [![Arrows](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d201b1c6970c-200wi "Arrows")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d201b1c6970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)audio and video streams grew by a combined 58%.Streaming growth managed to offset growing declines in physical music sales. Vinyl sales had 17% gain, but CD erosion of 11% meant physical album volume fell by 9% vs. the first half of 2015\. **Digital Sales Decline**As happened in 2015, digital song sales continue to fall faster than digital album sales, declining by 24.2% and 17.7%, respectively. Tracks still outsell album downloads by more than a 9-1 margin. As was the case in 2015, digital accounts for more than half of albums sold in the first half of 2016 with a 53% share.Download the full BuzzAngle Music report free [here](http://www.lidestri.com/files/buzzanglemusic/BuzzAngleMusic-2016-MidYear-Report.pdf?ref=hypebot.com).

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