Editing Compact Disc Digital Audio (section)

=== Decline ===
With the advent and popularity of [[Digital distribution|Internet-based distribution]] of files in [[Lossy compression|lossy-compressed]] [[audio format]]s such as [[MP3]], sales of CDs began to decline in the 2000s. For example, between 2000 and 2008, despite overall growth in music sales and one anomalous year of increase, major-label CD sales declined overall by 20%.<ref name="AutoMR-11">{{cite news |first=Ethan |last=Smith |title=Music Sales Decline for Seventh Time in Eight Years: Digital Downloads Can't Offset 20% Plunge in CD Sales |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123075988836646491?mod=rss_whats_news_technology&mg=com-wsj |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=2 January 2009 |access-date=4 March 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020191140/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123075988836646491?mod=rss_whats_news_technology&mg=com-wsj |archive-date=20 October 2017  }}</ref> Despite rapidly declining sales year-over-year, the pervasiveness of the technology lingered for a time, with companies placing CDs in pharmacies, supermarkets, and filling station convenience stores to target buyers less likely to be able to use Internet-based distribution.<ref name="AndItsEnd" />  

In 2012, CDs and DVDs made up only 34% of music sales in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyotimes.com/buying-cds-continues-to-be-a-tradition-in-japan/|title=Buying CDs continues to be a tradition in Japan – Tokyo Times|date=23 August 2013|access-date=30 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220150903/https://www.tokyotimes.com/buying-cds-continues-to-be-a-tradition-in-japan/|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> By 2015, only 24% of music in the United States was purchased on physical media, two thirds of this consisting of CDs;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riaa.com/media/238E8AC7-3810-A95C-44DC-B6DEB46A3C6E.pdf|title=News and Notes on 2015 Mid-Year RIAA Shipment and Revenue Statistics|last=Friedlander|first=Joshua P.|year=2015|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930135150/https://riaa.com/media/238E8AC7-3810-A95C-44DC-B6DEB46A3C6E.pdf|archive-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> however, in the same year in Japan, over 80% of music was bought on CDs and other physical formats.<ref>Sisaro, Ben. ''New York Times'' 11 June 2015: {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/business/media/line-music-a-new-streaming-service-aims-at-japanese-market.html?_r=0|title=Music Streaming Service Aims at Japan, Where CD Is Still King|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020191923/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/business/media/line-music-a-new-streaming-service-aims-at-japanese-market.html?_r=0|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2017|last1=Sisario|first1=Ben}}</ref> In 2018, U.S. CD sales were 52 million units—less than 6% of the peak sales volume in 2000.<ref name="statista" /> In the UK, 32&nbsp;million units were sold, almost 100&nbsp;million fewer than in 2008.<ref>{{citation |title=Is this the end of owning music? |work=BBC News |date=3 January 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46735093 |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002704/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46735093 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, [[Best Buy]] announced plans to decrease their focus on CD sales, however, while continuing to sell records, sales of which are growing during the [[vinyl revival]].<ref name="bestverge">{{cite web |last=Ong |first=Thuy |date=6 February 2018 |title=Best Buy will stop selling CDs as digital music revenue continues to grow |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16973538/bestbuy-target-cd-sales-vinyl-cassette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206181746/https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16973538/bestbuy-target-cd-sales-vinyl-cassette |archive-date=6 February 2018 |access-date=6 February 2018 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Owsinski |first=Bobby |date=7 July 2018 |title=Best Buy, Winding Down CD Sales, Pounds Another Nail Into The Format's Coffin |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2018/07/07/best-buy-cd-sales/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806211709/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2018/07/07/best-buy-cd-sales/amp/ |archive-date=6 August 2018 |access-date=6 August 2018 |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Chris Morris |date=2 July 2018 |title=End of a Era: Best Buy Significantly Cuts Back on CDs |url=https://fortune.com/2018/07/02/best-buy-ends-cd-sales/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714110206/https://fortune.com/2018/07/02/best-buy-ends-cd-sales/ |archive-date=14 July 2018 |access-date=6 August 2018 |work=Fortune}}</ref> 

During the 2010s, the increasing popularity of solid-state media and music streaming services caused automakers to remove automotive CD players in favor of [[minijack]] auxiliary inputs, wired connections to USB devices and wireless [[Bluetooth]] connections.<ref name="Biersdorfer">{{cite news |last1=Biersdorfer |first1=J.D. |title=Hand Me the AUX Cord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/technology/personaltech/hand-me-the-aux-cord.html |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=March 17, 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112053206/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/technology/personaltech/hand-me-the-aux-cord.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Automakers viewed CD players as using up valuable space and taking up weight which could be reallocated to more popular features, like large touchscreens.<ref name="Ramey">{{cite news |last1=Ramey |first1=Jay |title=Do You Want a CD Player in a New Car? |url=https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a35459280/do-you-want-a-cd-player-in-a-new-car/ |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=Autoweek |date=February 9, 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827104052/https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a35459280/do-you-want-a-cd-player-in-a-new-car/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2021, only [[Lexus]] and [[General Motors]] were still including CD players as standard equipment with certain vehicles.<ref name="Ramey" />