CD sales decreased 28% to 33.4 million albums and 100,000 CD singles. Spending on vinyl LPs, which typically cost more, passed CD revenues in 2020 with $643.9 million for vinyl and $483.2 million ...

When they appeared in 1983, compact disc players were seen as audiophiles` playthings–machines that, for a price, reproduced high-quality sound. The players were quickly snapped up by a ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...

It was playing an Asia CD," Jim Lenahan, 55, an editor who lives in Ashburn, Virginia. "I'm not sure if I knew that it would become the standard in a few years, but it sure seemed like something big." ...

The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.

That compact disc was Billy Joel 's 52nd Street, which had already become a multiplatinum hit after its original release in 1978. As Time pointed out, 52nd Street wasn't technically the first CD ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...