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Tag: cds


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Vinyl Sales Skyrocket 108%, Streams Rise 15% in First Half of 2021
July 26th, 2021 at 1:32pm Vince Neilstein

The pandemic did not affect the booming recorded music business.


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Streaming Accounted for 83% of $12 Billion Recorded Music Revenue in 2020
March 4th, 2021 at 9:34am Vince Neilstein

The industry had a great year despite the pandemic.


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Vinyl vs. Digital: Which Sounds Better?
November 12th, 2020 at 12:38pm MetalSucks

Time to attempt to settle the age-old debate! Do you prefer the “warmth” of vinyl or the pristine quality of digital?


Black Collar Workers 0
Physical Album Sales Drop Below 1 Million Per Week for the First Time Ever Due to the Coronavirus
March 30th, 2020 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein

The industry is hurting from the closure of physical record stores and the overall economic collapse.


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March is Metal Month: Over 1,000 Metal CDs on Sale for as Low as $3.99!
March 2nd, 2020 at 11:26am MetalSucks

New and old albums by Slipknot, Metallica, Ozzy, Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, Mastodon and more.


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Vinyl Could Outsell CDs in 2019
September 10th, 2019 at 8:50am Vince Neilstein

It will mark the first time that’s happened since 1986.


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Digital Streaming Services Reigned King in the Music Industry in 2018
March 4th, 2019 at 12:47pm MetalSucks

Meanwhile physical sales were down, and so were permanent digital downloads.


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Rocktober is Here: Over 3,700 Rock and Metal CDs on Sale for as Low as $3.99!
October 1st, 2018 at 2:08pm MetalSucks

Albums by Slipknot, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Opeth and MANY, many more.


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CD Sales Down 41%, Overall Music Revenue Up 9.5% in First Half of 2018
September 21st, 2018 at 4:21pm Vince Neilstein

Digital downloads are down and streaming is up.


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Best Buy Has Stopped Selling CDs
July 2nd, 2018 at 10:42am Vince Neilstein

They still sell washing machines and dryers, though.


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Physical Sales Outpaced Digital Downloads in 2017
March 27th, 2018 at 9:57am Vince Neilstein

Also: streaming revenue now accounts for nearly 2/3rds of all income derived from recorded music.


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Over 2,800 Metal CDs on Sale for as Low as $4 for March is Metal Month!
March 1st, 2018 at 2:06pm MetalSucks

Albums by Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Pantera, Mastodon, Judas Priest, Death, Van Halen and many, many more!


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Over 1000 Metal CDs on Sale for as Low as $3.99!
September 21st, 2017 at 11:16am MetalSucks

Albums by Slipknot, Mastodon, Opeth, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Pantera, Deftones and many, many more!


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Streaming Revenue in 2016 Topped Downloads, CDs and Vinyl Sales Combined
March 31st, 2017 at 9:44am Vince Neilstein

Also: has the vinyl resurgence peaked?


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Over 1700 Metal CDs on Sale for as Low as $3.99 for March is Metal Month!
March 3rd, 2017 at 1:00pm MetalSucks

Albums by Slipknot, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage, Opeth, Meshuggah, Pantera, Iron Maiden and many, many more!


Editorials 0
Why I’ve Stopped Buying Vinyl
May 18th, 2015 at 3:30pm Vince Neilstein

Vince is over it.


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Poll: How Do You Prefer to Buy/Consume Music?
January 6th, 2014 at 1:30pm Vince Neilstein

Are you a vinyl junkie? Stoically wedded to the CD? A Spotify lover? YouTube fanatic? Illegal downloader? Chime in and sound off.


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Vinyl Sales Are Up 745% Since 2008
September 19th, 2013 at 11:00am Vince Neilstein

But CD sales are down.


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THE CD IS NOW 30 YEARS OLD; WHAT’S NEXT?
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:00pm Vince Neilstein

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the day CDs of Billy […]


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THE DEATH OF THE ALBUM INTRO TRACK
October 4th, 2011 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein

I can’t be the only one who feels like album […]


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