Here is a great info-graphic from the New York Times showing the relative performance of various music formats over the past 37 years. Unfortunately it does not show the impact of free music online. That would be an interesting addition to see how big file sharing and torrent downloads really are, relative to the physical formats of the past and the new “paid” digital formats.
- A Timeline of recorded music format performance
[...] Visualizing the Recording Business | Future Of Music Info-graphic of recorded music sold in various forms over the past 37 years. VERY telling (tags: music_business money marketing) [...]