How K-pop comeback albums and merchandise revived the popularity of CDs in the streaming era

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13– In the age of Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music, it appeared like cds (CDs) would certainly come to be antiques of a lost era.

Despite this, Billboard reported that there is still a stable development of CD cd sales in the United States with K-pop acts leading the cost together with pop vocalist Taylor Swift.

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K-pop musicians like Stray Kids, TXT, NewJeans, Twice, Seventeen and Jungkook went to the leading 10 cd sales of 2023.

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), nations like South Korea, Japan and China are the nations with the biggest songs market in 2022.

K-pop, J-pop and C-pop have gone to the leading edge of maintaining the sales of CDs afloat internationally and in an age when the best Kpop hits are a swipe away, how have they maintained physical songs active?

Merchandise and …