And digital downloads aren't doing so hot. The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) has published their year-end numbers, and the physical medium did pretty well! According to the report, ...

March 14 (UPI) --CD sales rose for the first time in two decades last year, according to a new industry report. Revenues from CDs grew 21% to $584 million in 2021 after many stores were closed the ...

In 2021, CD sales increased for the first time in 17 years. That’s mostly because of Adele, whose new album sold 898,000 of those shiny little discs. The last time CDs were this hot, Usher, Ashlee ...

My latest animated “bar chart race” visualization above (click the arrow to start) shows the format shares of recorded music sales annually from 1973 to 2021 based on new year-end sales data that were ...

Physical CDs could be making a comeback. According to a yearly report from music data compiler MRC Data, sales of CDs increased from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021, marking the ...

How’s this for a fun stat? According to Billboard, CD sales (remember those?) actually increased in sales for the first time since everyone you knew got their first iPod. That’s right, your eyes don’t ...

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 ...

In recent years, a narrative has emerged pitting streaming services against traditional music sales, particularly CDs and vinyl. Social media posts often circulate claiming that a single CD sale is ...