Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Remember when music CDs used to take up significant floor space at Best Buy?


 Now it's down to the 4 sections, located to the left of the Apple Store & iTunes end panel.

Photo by Retiring Guy

And for a good reason.  Sales of music CDs are down by nearly 90%, to 99,400,000 units, since 2000.


SourceRIAA (text boxes, arrow added)

Overall, recorded music revenues are down significantly, although they turned a corner in 2016.




I neglected to check for any vinyl on the premises.

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