Sunset On The CD—Is The Shiny Disc Becoming A Relic?
Regardless of how you spin it, the CD took a beating last year. Sales were down 15% overall and country—even with unexpected stocking stuffers like the Eagles and Garth Brooks —suffered its worst sales showing since 1991 when SoundScan history began. Nashville’s 2007 CD sales dropped 16.3% to a disappointing 62.7 million units.
The Economist recently [...]
