I go to itunes every tues, scan the clips for anything that sounds good, and buy it. If I hear a song on spotify, youtube, or pandora that I like, I go to itunes and buy the album it's on. I have about 4,000 albums I've bought. Anything since CD print are all in digital form on my computer(around 3,500 albums). I roughly estimate that I've spent $40,000 on music(avg of $10 per album been thru some bargain bins, and bought some albums that were 18.99+, but, rough estimate). My problem these days is I don't hear many albums that are good enough to buy.
My last purchases were "The Beast is G-Unit" EP, the 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack, Shannon "Let the music play" album from 1984(for 3 bucks), Fall Out Boy, Big Sean, Hozier, and Elle King. I didn't purchase Drake, Jodeci, Kendrick, K. Michelle, Rae Shremmurd, or J.Cole, because I was not into the music enough. Didn't purchase Selena Gomez, because it was "greatest hits" from her other 2 albums I already own. Want Bush's digitally remastered Sixteen Stone, but own the CD, feel like that's a waste. I don't think I've found anything interesting on iTunes the last few weeks I've gone to check for new stuff. I'll probably break down and pick up Neyo's album today for something new to hear.
I have an addiction to music that is no longer being fed. I have to rely on finding old stuff in bargain bins these days.