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News Spotify and Ed Sheeran set up huge year for the British record business Analysis News Streaming up 37% year-on-year as physical still dominates market News Streaming earned the lion’s share of revenue, accounting for €40.1m (55%) News Third biggest album has actually sold more than this week's No.1 Analysis News Tracks have plummeted by 42% over the past four years Analysis News Market down 7% overall as streaming passes €100m annual milestone Analysis Market up 3.7%, but ad-funded platforms contribute just 4% of total income News Ratio for single downloads lengthened from 100-1 to 150-1 Analysis News Catalogue trumps current album sales in historic milestone for the music biz News Major Lazer out in front, Ellie Goulding at No.2 Analysis CD and vinyl claim more than £500m of sales in 2015 Analysis Subscription streaming generates £251m in 2015 News 25 claims 3.6% of all album sales in the market in 2015 Analysis Has the new Friday release date put the kibosh on a key sales opportunity for labels?