According to the auction house, the CD was recorded by Swift at age 11 during her years living in Reading, Pennsylvania, and shopped around during a trip to Nashville with her mom, Andrea.

Looking back, a key reason for CD’s growth came in 1985 when Dire Straits released their album Brothers In Arms. It was the ...

The German recorded music market generated nearly $1.4 billion during 2025’s first half, representing a modest 1.4% ...

Now hear this: Sales of recorded music in the U.S. grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, with streams accounting for a dominant 84% and vinyl up by double digits again, the RIAA said in ...

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

Total CD album sales of $4.3 billion in 1991, made up 55.4% of the total recorded music revenue that year, according to the RIAA. In 1999, consumers spent $13 billion on CDs – 88% of the $14.6 ...

the gradual rise of CDs starting in 1983 when they were only 0.50% of recorded music sales, overtaking LP sales in 1987 and then cassette sales in 1991 before reaching a peak market share of 95.7% ...

The U.S. recorded music industry posted $15 billion in revenue for 2021 — a near-record — as nearly every format, even CDs, posted growth.

Domestic recorded music revenue climbed almost 9% in H1 2022, buoyed by another strong 6 months of new vinyl sales. Record sales rose 22% in the first half of 2022, according to the Recording Industry ...