Digitalized
By now maybe you've heard: Digital albums overtook CD's in 2011 for the first time. Not really a surprise. People always ask me what will I do if and when CD's disappear. I tell 'em the same thing I did when vinyl did: adjust. I'll keep finding ways to listen and buy the stuff I like.
The more interesting tidbit of 2011 music buying habits: 112 digital songs sold over a million copies. 38 going over 2 million. Have a 112 singles ever sold a million in the pre-digital era? I doubt it. But yes, I know, access is a hell of a lot easier today. No driving to a record store. Just load it on your smartphone or tablet or computer or whatever and it's sold.
Like I said, I will adjust no matter what format they throw at me. In a way, I already have. I download tracks. Save them to an external hard drive. And that's it.
Not hard to get with modern technology. Is it?
The more interesting tidbit of 2011 music buying habits: 112 digital songs sold over a million copies. 38 going over 2 million. Have a 112 singles ever sold a million in the pre-digital era? I doubt it. But yes, I know, access is a hell of a lot easier today. No driving to a record store. Just load it on your smartphone or tablet or computer or whatever and it's sold.
Like I said, I will adjust no matter what format they throw at me. In a way, I already have. I download tracks. Save them to an external hard drive. And that's it.
Not hard to get with modern technology. Is it?
posted by Tom Lane at 4:43 AM
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