The rapid growth of streaming and sensational success of Adele triggered a rebound of overall music consumption last year in the United States and Britain, industry trackers said Wednesday. The growth came despite a persistent fall in CD sales and a growing decline in digital downloads on service such as iTunes as streaming services offer unlimited, online music. US music consumption rose 15.2 percent in 2015 from a year earlier to 549.4 million albums or their digital equivalent, reversing a decline in 2014, Nielsen Music said in an annual report.

Source: Yahoo Music
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