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Despite reports, CDs are not going away anytime soon The compact disc is not yet ready to leave the world's stage
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Damn right, how all Susan Boyle's stans going to slay if there arent any CD's on the rack? Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records. | |
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Really. Same with Adele. I think once people see that she's selling 100,000 copies a week, they'll stop to think about that prediction. Oddly enough the people who initially were against this theory of CDs ending distribution as far as it being the main form of money for the industry when sales were low are now saying it's ending while CD sales have picked up this year. Very odd. | |
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I don't think cds will ever go away completely, despite what some are saying. Everyone is not tech savvy enough (or can afford to pay for extra services in their cars). **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
U 'gon make me shake my doo loose! http://www.twitter.com/nivlekbrad | |
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Not hating on Adele but is her music THAT great or is she hyped a lot because she's not using auto-tune and isn't black? Trolls be gone! | |
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It's that damn good IMHO. If you don't like it, that's your opinion lol | |
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A few more things we need to consider: when CDs came out in the 80s they were hyped as being better in sound quality then LPs, so everybody started replacing their good old vinyl records with those shiny silvery discs. Once that process was over, cd sales already started to go down and that was before the days of downloading. Secondly, the article doesn't take the financial crisis in consideration. How is that going to affect record sales? On a side note, Timmy, sometimes I'm really blind.Took me ages to realize you're using a Marvin Gaye picture! ![]() ![]() | |
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I probably should have said that I have only heard a few of her songs....guess I was scarred from hearing Rolling in the Deep WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much lol Trolls be gone! | |
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That should've gotten you to go "let me buy this album!" | |
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Yep I am lol | |
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Good! I still like CDs | |
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What does her not being black have to do with it? lord bringing race into stuff is so stupid
I still buy cd's, and get excited sometimes for the new cd coming out. People like Adele can still sell cd's.... i think more artists will come around that sell better in the next few years. Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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It's funny that CD's are in danger of extinction already. I remember when they first came out. My last vinyl was Sign O the Times. I love album art and liner notes. I couldn't imagine buying an album and only getting a download and nothing to hold. Guess I'm a dinosaur. LOL | |
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^ I don't think that "dinosaur" theory matters much anymore. Even some young folks are like "I rather have a CD". | |
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CD sales havent picked up but have stopped dropping as fast. Cd remains the dominant share of album sales but in the next 2-3yrs digital will be same or more then cd sales. Digital sales have been up. digital single sales r up about 10% this yr
What has picked up is album sales by 3% so far this yr. the last couple of yrs was really bad sales were down double digits. every yr. sales peaked in 2000 and have been falling off ever since. the only respite was 2004 when they went up slightly.
I think cd sales still make up 2/3 of the total album sales currently | |
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This is mainly why I'm in the opinion it will still be a long while before CDs as far as major distribution are "put out to pasture" but anything can happen especially if suddenly digital sales began tanking. | |
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digital isnt going to tank but the current trend is cds reducing by 20% and digital album sales going up 15% each yr | |
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I say in 15-20 years they'll be gone. | |
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I predict 2041. | |
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Oh god I'll be 52. Old as matusalem. | |
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By then kids would probably be listening to albums with a chip in their ear. | |
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Yea that's what I was thinking too. Something small. | |
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i think cds will be niche in 10yrs. 10yrs is a long time in technology | |
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CDs are almost all but done already. As usual, the suits are behind. | |
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Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue....ayyyyy
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I'm a dinosaur too | |
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Nah, CD's are sooooo out!
Vinyl is it now!
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Race plays a HUGE factor into how artists are marketed and their target demographics. There is a huge nice for white artists who "sound' black who are actually not black. Writing off that is very naive and totally invalidates the real issues that persist in the entertainment industry. Trolls be gone! | |
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