A new mode of music delivery, known as DDA, plans to bring back the physical format with a digital twist — albums are sold on a USB stick containing MP3s plus bonus artist-related content. One of the ...

Through the ages, we've seen several physical music formats come and go. These mediums are each very much a product of their time, with distinct strengths, weaknesses, and attributes that make them ...

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The ...

My latest animated “bar chart race” visualization above shows the format shares of recorded music sales annually from 1973 to 2020 based on new mid-year sales data that were released today by the ...

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 ...

While streaming has become the dominant form of music consumption, the road to get here was a complex and varied one. Here we look at the history of the physical music formats, dating back as far as ...

The current decade has seen a surround-music revival through new digital technologies and Dolby Atmos Music isn't the only game in town. Sony's 360 Reality Audio (360RA) is a growing new format ...

Napster had sold songs protected with Microsoft’s Windows-based digital rights management (DRM) to prevent buyers from illegally making multiple copies or distributing songs to other users. But the ...

Spotify today is launching a new feature that combines spoken word audio commentary with music tracks. The new format will allow Spotify to reproduce the radio-like experience of listening to a DJ or ...