With CD sales on the rise again, collectors are finding that enjoying their favorite tunes is more challenging than ever in the modern audio landscape.

CDs are booming again. According to an industry report by Luminate, the first half of 2026 saw a 16 percent surge in CD sales — and you might be surprised by who's buying them. Gen Z and millennial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dan Levine loves watching his guests light up when they see his DVD-lined bookcases and drawers in his Brooklyn apartment. It's as ...

CDs are experiencing a massive rebirth. Driven by Gen Z’s desire for tangible music experiences and affordability, U.S. CD sales surged 16% in the first half of 2026, drastically outpacing vinyl ...

Vinyl albums outsold CDs last year for the first time since 1987, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's year-end report released Thursday. It marked the 16th consecutive year of ...

For years, the vinyl record has been the star of the physical-music comeback. Now another familiar format is demanding attention. The compact disc, declared obsolete by more than a few music fans ...

A new documentary from Paramount+, How Music Got Free, tells the inside story of how albums shed their exoskeletons and became something more ethereal and less profitable. Produced by LeBron James and ...

My9Albums is a viral meme that lets you share nine favorite albums on X, Facebook, Instagram and other social networks.

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 ...