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Pope Francis' music library is pictured at the Pontifical Council for Culture in this photo published Jan. 12, 2022 to Twitter by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the council. (CNS ...

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

Pope Francis' music library contains nearly 2,000 CDs and 19 vinyl records, according to the Vatican cardinal who is curating the collection. While it is mostly made up of classical music, it also ...

In 2021, CD sales increased for the first time in 17 years. That’s mostly because of Adele, whose new album sold 898,000 of those shiny little discs. The last time CDs were this hot, Usher, Ashlee ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

A top-12 chart was pioneered in 1952, by the New Musical Express newspaper, and based on sales from a pool of record shops, then later usurped by rivals such as Record Retailer ’s top 50 in 1960, ...