But that’s the tip of the iceberg of what streaming and record sales data can reveal about where the industry is headed.

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Neil Shah is The Wall Street Journal's pop-music reporter, based in New York. His articles chronicle music trends and analyze the recorded-music and concert industries. Neil joined the Journal in ...