錄制音樂(lè)銷(xiāo)售數(shù)據(jù)顯示，激光唱片（CD）和黑膠唱片銷(xiāo)售額2011年以來(lái)首次超過(guò)數(shù)字下載音樂(lè)。

隨著流媒體服務(wù)變得越發(fā)普遍，近幾年數(shù)字下載音樂(lè)銷(xiāo)售額顯著下滑，實(shí)體唱片銷(xiāo)售因而得以占據(jù)上風(fēng)。

不過(guò)，這并不是說(shuō)黑膠唱片和CD表現(xiàn)良好。美國(guó)唱片業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)（RIAA）最近公布的2017年底報(bào)告表明，2017年實(shí)體介質(zhì)音樂(lè)銷(xiāo)售額同比下降4%，而數(shù)字下載音樂(lè)銷(xiāo)售額的滑坡幅度遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)前者，達(dá)到25%。

同樣是在2017年，Spotify、Apple Music、Pandora和Tidal等平臺(tái)的付費(fèi)音樂(lè)訂閱量上升了50%。流媒體的成長(zhǎng)使美國(guó)音樂(lè)行業(yè)整體銷(xiāo)售額提高了16.5%，達(dá)到87億美元，這也是1999年以來(lái)美國(guó)音樂(lè)行業(yè)收入連續(xù)兩年出現(xiàn)大幅增長(zhǎng)。

不過(guò)，美國(guó)音樂(lè)行業(yè)距自己的巔峰還有很長(zhǎng)一段路要走。雖然2017年收入和2008年相當(dāng)，但與最高水平相比還有40%的差距。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

審校：夏林

For the first time since 2011, CDs and vinyl have eclipsed digital downloads in terms of recorded music sales.

The reason: Digital download sales have dropped significantly over the past few years because of the growing popularity of streaming services, allowing the sale of physical albums sales to gain an edge.

That doesn’t mean vinyl and CDs are doing well, however. Sales of physical media declined 4% in 2017 from the year before, while digital downloads took a much larger 25% drop, according to the RIAAs recently-released 2017 year-end report.

Meanwhile, paid music subscriptions to services like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and Tidal grew 50% in 2017. That increase in streaming was enough to help the music industry report a 16.5% overall increase in sales to $8.7 billion, marking the first time since 1999 that U.S. music revenues grew materially for two years in a row.

That said, the music industry is still a long way from its zenith. While its 2017 revenue numbers matched its sales in 2008, it is still 40% below peak levels.