Cd Sales Decline

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Over the year, the continuing decline of CD sales along with the rapid growth of music downloads signals a new era in music. In the same way they started selling CDs in 1982 to replace vinyl records because they were too big, and CDs were more portable. Now people start to download music online, and they stop buying and using CDs. Although, some people think that buy CDs help to artist or the music listening experience is more enjoyable, but equally they buy music for internet and do use CDs for comfort. The true is that CD sales account less than 35% of all music sales, and the three main reasons for this are: first is easier buy online, second can be find free online, and third is cheaper.

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