Streaming has been dominating the music industry for years now, but 2021 saw a notable rise in sales of physical albums, thanks in part to the success of Adele's latest album.Both CDs and vinyl ...

2021 might as well have been the year of the artist. Despite the coronavirus pandemic persisting and live shows being canceled, music nonetheless continued to offer an escape. And in the midst of this ...

CD Projekt has revealed that its Q1 2021 net profits missed market expectations and fell 65% to $32.5 million PLN ($8.84 million USD) in part due to the costs associated with fixing Cyberpunk 2077.

Vinyl records outsold CDs in the U.S. last year for the first time since MRC Data, a music data collection company, started tracking music sales data in 1991. In 2021, 41.7 million vinyl record albums ...

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 4 years old. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY ...

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 ...

Streaming has been dominating the music industry for years now, but 2021 saw a notable rise in sales of physical albums, thanks in part to the success of Adele’s latest album. Both CDs and vinyl ...