http://pulseradio.net/articles/2014/...-sales-in-2014
http://lazytechguys.com/news/digital...pass-cd-sales/
They are a bit old, but still point to the exact opposite of what you posted.
However, the real threat isn't from downloads, the real threat is:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomal...reaming-soars/
http://www.billboard.com/biz/article...own-streams-up
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/perm.../04/08/q1sales
As I mentioned in my long post above that probably no one read, is that streaming is lucrative for the labels and casual consumers, while bad for the rest for deveral reasons. But, that is the real direction we are headed for.
I believe that the CD, along with vinyl records, will become a small, niche market. It will get harder to find CDs we want. There may be a silver lining in that. Perhaps, with smaller CD runs, we will get better mastering.
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