article_snippet: Streaming has topped CD sales in revenue for the first time in the United States as music listeners flock to on-demand services and Internet radio, industry figures showed.
article_snippet: Streaming revenue totaled $1.87 billion, edging out the $1.85 billion earned by CD sales, according to data of the Recording Industry Association of America.
article_snippet: Streaming helped stabilize the bottom line for the long-troubled industry, with overall revenue from recorded music going up two percent to $4.86 billion to mark the fourth year of growth. 'the long-troubled industry continues to rapidly grow the share of revenues coming outside of traditional unit-based sales,' the association said in a report Wednesday.
article_snippet: the association said that CD sales fell by 12.7 percent last year.
article_snippet: But some of the strongest growth in the long-troubled industry was in vinyl, which has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years among collectors.
article_snippet: Revenue from vinyl albums and EPs jumped by 50 percent, although the total of $315 million was still a fraction of the market for CDs or digital formats.
article_snippet: Despite the sharp growth of streaming, permanent digital downloads on services such as iTunes remained the largest overall category for revenue.
highlights_snippet: Streaming revenue totaled $1.87 billion, CD sales earned $1.85 billion .
  