WHY ARE PEOPLE BUYING SO MANY CDS?
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CD sales are apparently going up, reportedly thanks to fans realizing they're an affordable way to support their favorite artists. According to a new report from research firm Luminate, 16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year.
The growth in CD sales was driven by "collection building, price accessibility, massive albums such as BTS' ARIRANG and a strong K-pop release schedule," Luminate says. Even if you remove K-pop sales from the data, CD sales still went up in the US, increasing 6.7 percent. And it appears that some people aren't even buying the CDs to listen to them, as Lumina … Read the full story at The Verge.
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- The Verge: CD sales are apparently going up, reportedly thanks to fans realizing they're an affordable way to support their favorite artists.
- The Verge: According to a new report from research firm Luminate, 16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year.
- The Verge: The growth in CD sales was driven by "collection building, price accessibility, massive albums such as BTS' ARIRANG and a strong K-pop release schedule," Luminate says.
- The Verge: Even if you remove K-pop sales from the data, CD sales still went up in the US, increasing 6.7 percent.
- The Verge: And it appears that some people aren't even buying the CDs to listen to them, as Lumina … Read the full story at The Verge.
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- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 20:55 UK.
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