The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

It has been 41 years since the very first Compact Disc (CD) was produced in the world, paving the way for the future of commercialized music. In Germany, a factory run by Royal Philips Electronics ...

At Begyle Brewing on Sunday, June 8, the Chicago Independent Radio Project hosted its third CD Blowout Sale. CHIRP founder and general manager Shawn Campbell says the sale’s debut in May 2022 was a ...

The publication ‘Music Week’ recently reported that CDs in 2023 had hit their highest amount of sales since 2001. With $2.7 billion amounted, they were just 0.08% short of that 2001 record, which is ...

The music industry is looking for ways to reinvent the CD in a bid to boost sagging sales. Bob Moon of Marketplace discusses the effort with Alex Chadwick. Back now with DAY TO DAY. The iPod has been ...

Newsflash: Digital music sales will overtake CD sales in the US for the first time in 2012, according to a new study released by Strategy Analytics. I know what you’re thinking: Didn’t that already ...

Twenty-three-year-old Kate Carniol has collected every Taylor Swift CD since the original release of "Speak Now" in 2010. A new album release means a new CD purchase, a rule she reserves exclusively ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Universal Music Group (UMG) is embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts yet to boost U.S. CD sales, with the test of a new pricing structure designed to sell most new ...

In an industry first, K-pop CD sales surpassed 100 million units in 2023, marking a 50% increase from the previous year despite the dominance of digital streaming. However, this milestone has raised ...