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Sample Answer 37
 
The charts show the distribution of money spent on music in three different                             
years in Northern Ireland 
 
The pie charts illustrate the changes in spending patterns in Northern Ireland with 
regards to music. 
The first set of data is for 2003, where it can be seen that the majority of expenditure 
was for CDs, accounting for well over half. Just under one third of the money was 
spent attending concerts, standing at 31%. Downloaded music was only 6%, and the 
smallest category was that labeled ‘other’. 
Three years later, the order of the four categories was the same, but there was a 
marked increase in the sale of digital music and an inverse correlation to the sale of 
CDs, which fell by 20% to 41%. 
By 2011, digital purchases had overtaken both concerts and CDs and accounted for 
nearly half of all sales. The difference between CDs and concert sales narrowed to 
only 2%, and the ‘other’ category rose slightly to 3%. 
Overall, it is clear that while concert sales remained relatively stable at around one 
third, digital music sales became more common than CD sales. 
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