Forbes: Gaga is revitalizing CD sales

[Supersonic 49,375]

According to Billboard, four hit Universal Music Group (UMG) titles (Eminem's Kamikaze, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born soundtrack and Greta Van Fleet's Anthem of the Peaceful Army) have surprised everyone when the CD versions of those titles quickly sold out. In some cases, the CD versions of the titles weren't even in stores on their release dates.

The reason for that happening is a combination of factors ranging from the happy accident of unexpectedly hot titles coupled with a demand for their physical product versions, but also CD production problems as well. This was due to the fact that all major labels have divested their CD manufacturing and the companies that bought those factories have moved them to Mexico. That in itself is not a problem, but one of the factories is still in transition from the move, leading to an unexpected decrease in output.

Although CD sales are far from what they once were, there's still a healthy demand for what has now become a premium priced product with a large profit margin. According to Billboard, the A Star Is Born soundtrack moved 111,000 CD albums, while Eminem's Kamikaze sold 68,000, and Greta Van Fleet's Anthem Of the Peaceful Army sold 47,000 so far.

source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2018/11/10/cds-dying-wrong/#28eb6b297dca

[Mister Gaga 21,883]

SAVING THE MUSIC & FILM INDUSTRY, ALL AT ONCE 

TEN YEARS LATER, SHE'S REVITALIZING THE MARKET ONCE AGAIN 

A LEGEND 

[raragaga 8,069]

queen of merging the past and the future 

[Suspiria 10,683]

I kind of hope CD sales die off completely soon... there's really no need for us to be using all that plastic when we have digital music.

[Chromatislaps 34,558]

a reverse Adele's 21-ian expedition  

[DelusionalGaga 29,205]

Whew, the taste jumped out at ASIB and jumped back in at Greta Van Fleet. 

[Guest Adarsh]

1 minute ago, Suspiria said:

I kind of hope CD sales die off completely soon... there's really no need for us to be using all that plastic when we have digital music.

Some of us like buying cds and vinyls for sentimental value. Playing my favourite song on a record player is far more pleasing than streaming it. 

[Supersonic 49,375]

1 minute ago, Suspiria said:

I kind of hope CD sales die off completely soon... there's really no need for us to be using all that plastic when we have digital music.

I'm somewhat of an environmentalist, but this post make me want to throw my plastic into the regular trash out of spite

There's literally a list of 100 actual companies that kill the world and are totally responsible for climate change so it is a bit ridiculous to believe we're gonna "do our part in saving the world" if we don't buy CDs lmao.

[NewRules 2,081]

3 minutes ago, Suspiria said:

I kind of hope CD sales die off completely soon... there's really no need for us to be using all that plastic when we have digital music.

Plastic straws and cups are bad because they get used once and they often aren't recycled, but there's nothing wrong with plastic CDs

[NewUsername 10,337]

4 minutes ago, Adarsh Soni said:

Some of us like buying cds and vinyls for sentimental value. Playing my favourite song on a record player is far more pleasing than streaming it. 

exactly

 

2 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

I'm somewhat of an environmentalist, but this post make me want to throw my plastic into the regular trash out of spite

There's literally a list of 100 actual companies that kill the world and are totally responsible for climate change so it is a bit ridiculous to believe we're gonna "do our part in saving the world" if we don't buy CDs lmao.

exactly

[PunkTheFunk 121,499]

there  an be 100 people in a room and 99  on't believe in you

[Suspiria 10,683]

4 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

I'm somewhat of an environmentalist, but this post make me want to throw my plastic into the regular trash out of spite

There's literally a list of 100 actual companies that kill the world and are totally responsible for climate change so it is a bit ridiculous to believe we're gonna "do our part in saving the world" if we don't buy CDs lmao.

Of course CDs aren't single handedly destroying the planet, but it's literally millions (billions?) of pieces of plastic produced every year that simply don't need to be made - buying songs digitally is far more practical, physical copies have no real benefits.

Surely reducing the amount of plastic we produce can only be a good thing?

[Danny Milk 1,720]

I cannot buy music digitally so cds are my only choice of buying music legally

[Skabi 3,064]

11 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

There's literally a list of 100 actual companies that kill the world and are totally responsible for climate change

and 99 won't actually destroy the earth but all it takes is 1 cd

[Davian 44,859]

11 minutes ago, Adarsh Soni said:

Some of us like buying cds and vinyls for sentimental value. Playing my favourite song on a record player is far more pleasing than streaming it. 

This! I listen to cds at night to fall asleep and I LOVE the booklet that comes with cds