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End of an Era: Is the CD dying?

February 4, 2018

Best Buy announced it will stop all CD sales by July, 2018. 

Top CD merchandiser, Best Buy plans to pull out compact discs all together. Other retailers, like Target won’t stop CD sales, but demand a payment structure change with CD and DVD distributors. The craziest thing is Best Buy will still sell vinyl! What is going on!? Has the music format regressed? Billboard reports CD sales have dropped from 800 million to 89 million since 2001. Click the link for the full story and stats. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8097929/best-buy-to-pull-cds-target-threatens-to-pay-labels-for-cds-only-when