Vinyl record sales will continue.
The American company Best Buy, one of the largest in the electronics sector in the country, will stop selling CDs in its stores, according to a Billboard report.
According to sources cited by the magazine, Best Buy earned only US$40 million last year, a very small amount compared to the US$39 billion the company received in total sales in 2017.
Despite the change, the company will continue to sell vinyl records and even cassette tapes, as these are growing markets.
It was also revealed that Target, another large retail chain in the US, decided to sell CDs only on consignment, meaning they will keep the products in the store but will only pay for those that are sold.
This change is part of the new model for music consumption, as the streaming market is growing every day.
Launched in 1982 as a result of a partnership between Sony and Philips, CDs reached their peak popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, when CD-Rs emerged and allowed for home recording as a way to store music.