Kendrick Lamar: breaking records, taking names. CREDIT: Arthur Mola/Invision/AP I saw music future and its name is streaming services: in 2014, for the first time in the history of the music industry, streaming services earned more revenue than CD sales. According to a new report from the RIAA, streaming pulled in $1.87 billion in sales, compared to CD sales total of $1.85 billion.