Streaming, Vinyl Rises Amid Declining Album Sales in Nielsen's 2014 Report — rollingstone.com

All throughout 2014, there were clues that the year was shaping up to be a historically bad one for the music industry. Statistics company Nielsen Music, which tracks album and song sales and streams, has unveiled its 2014 year-end report and it confirms those concerns. Digital and CD sales experienced staggering drops as nearly a fifth of music buyers stopped shopping for albums at major retailers. However, there were some glimmers of hope amid the declining sales.

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