It has been 41 years since the very first Compact Disc (CD) was produced in the world, paving the way for the future of commercialized music. In Germany, a factory run by Royal Philips Electronics ...

Forty years ago today, a magnificent revolution swept across the music industry, making albums more accessible and enhanced audio playback. The Compact Disc became popular in the late 1980s and ...

before it’s too late.” And online prices are increasing. Dire Straits pose in Rotterdam with their awards for the best selling compact disc in Holland, May 25, 1985. L-R Jack Sonni, Alan Clark, Chris ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

Compact discs are seeing a modest resurgence as younger listeners rediscover physical music formats, even as long-term sales ...

This summer marks 40 years since the arrival of Bruce Springsteen's seminal Born in the U.S.A. album, but the milestone is just a tip of the iceberg for music lovers across the country. It's now 40 ...

Through the looking glass: The compact disc's 43-year journey, from technical experiment to a worldwide standard, tells the story of how global collaboration and bold engineering can reshape entire ...

Streaming music platforms have been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for good reasons. A lot of people who use streaming music services (which includes virtually all of us) are also quite ...