Song Purachse

The first compact disk (CD) came out in the mid 1980s but sales didn't start to pick up until the early 1990s.

A typical CD came with a cover, CD and little booklet about the artist

In 2001 iTunes was released and as a result internet sales started increasing and CD purchase decreased.

In 2010, Cd's have been largely replaced by other forms of digital storage such as flash drives and as a result audio CD sales have dropped by nearly 50% from their peak in 2000. As well as iTunes, to date there are so many different websites on the internet that enable anyone to buy a song or an album and download it straight onto a computer instead of having to do so from a CD.

The online iTunes website is one of the many ways people nowadays download music

With the invention of online purchase comes the possibility of piracy, but since nowadays its possible to access in order to buy any artist music online it is a necessity for them to have their work easily available.