Nielsen has published its findings on U.S. music sales for the first half of 2013. The survey shows the total of both audio and video music streams increased 24% year-over-year to 51 billion streams.
With digital album sales rising only 6.3% and digital single-track sales actually down 2.3%, streaming music is clearly a major growth area for the music industry and with Apple launching iTunes Radio on millions of iOS devices this fall, it could give a further boost to music streaming.
iTunes Radio is expected to launch publicly this fall, alongside iOS 7. The Pandora-style service will feature artist and genre-based channels, and will include iTunes Store integration.
For a full report, including lists of the most streamed songs and purchased albums, visit TechCrunch.
