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夕阳产业-Industry in Decline
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SIMPLIFIED
PINYIN
ENGLISH
消费者
xiāofèizhě
consumer
利用
lìyòng
to make use of
主流
zhǔliú
mainstream
夕阳
xīyáng
twilight
仅仅十年的时间,全球流行音乐产业已经发生了极大的变化。
jǐnjǐn shínián de shíjiān,quánqiú liúxíng yīnyuè chǎnyè yǐjīng fāshēng le jídà de biànhuà。
In just 10 years time, there has been extreme changes to the international popular music industry.
As the Internet has developed at a fast pace, consumers downloading or listening to music online has become the mainstream, so the music industry has already become a "twilight industry".
In the last decade, consumers' attitude towards music has already changed a lot, as people are willing to pay over 100 yuan for a cup of coffee, but aren't willing to pay over 300 yuan to buy a CD.
qùnián quánqiú chàngpiàn shōurù xiàjiàng zhì yībǎi wǔshí yì měijīn,zài chàngpiàn de huángjīn shíqī,yī jiǔ jiǔ liù nián de shíhou,dāngshí de yīnyuè chǎn zhí gāodá liù bǎi yì!yīnyuè chǎnyè jiàzhí zhěngzhěng wěisuō le sì fēnzhī sān,zhè duì chàngpiàn gōngsī yǐjí gēshǒu dōu shì xiāngdāng zhòngdà de dǎjī。
Last year global record revenue fell to 15 billion USD. In the golden years of record sales, back in 1996, the music industry was worth up to 60 billion! The value of the music industry has fallen by three quarters in total, which has hit record labels and singers quite heavily.
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