The Black Eyed Peas achieved an amazing feat on this week's BILLBOARD TOP 100 chart by coming in with two top ten songs. "Imma Be" charted at #2, while "I Gotta Feeling" charted at #9. Both songs are from their hit album, THE E.N.D.(Energy Never Dies). This week's #1 song is TIK TOK by Ke$ha. Country crossover artist Taylor Swift also achieved a lot of success with two songs in the top 30 as well. Taylor Swift's guest appearance on "Two Is Better Than One" with Boys Like Girls at #21, and Taylor Swift's second song, "You Belong To Me" at #27.
THE E.N.D. may also mark a revolutionary turn for The Black Eyed Peas. The group claims that it may be the last physical cd that they ever release. For now on, all of their releases may be digital only releases. And the group also envisions that within four years, that buying a music cd may be a mostly dead concept. That would be a crying shame, because the physical cd allows for great packaging material such as booklets or bonus features. However, a trend towards less use of plastic jewel cases and less packaging seems to be eliminating those elaborate information booklets that make the music cd such a treasure trove of information for music collectors. Let's hope The Black Eyed Peas are wrong, and the physical cd soldiers on.
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It's hard for me to imagine... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Michael Laprarie | February 15, 2010 8:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's hard for me to imagine that audiophiles and true music junkies (especially those who listen to acoustic music -- jazz, bluegrass, folk, orchestral, opera, etc.) would give up CD's, especially considering the phenomenal sound quality now available due to high quality encoding processes like HDCD and SACD. There's just no way to preserve high quality in a compressed MP3 downloadable file.
But for average people who listen to FM radio and iPods, MP3 downloads of heavily produced and highly synthetic music like pop, hip-hop, and country will probably be just fine. I can definitely see a future where CD's are available in limited quantities, only for certain new releases or specific genres of music, just the way vinyl LP's are today.
1. Posted by Michael Laprarie | February 15, 2010 8:42 AM |
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2. Posted by Paul Hooson | February 16, 2010 2:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hello, Michael. I love both cds and vinyl both, and I love the booklets included as well. I'd hate to see either go away, although I'd sure like to see some higher definition Cds in the future recorded on Bluray type discs or something comparable. Cds have serious sound limitations right now.
2. Posted by Paul Hooson | February 16, 2010 2:30 AM |
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3. Posted by Shawn | February 19, 2010 7:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hopefully, either the CD or some other kind of "physical" format will always be the norm, or at least a choice for music buyers.
Packaging, printed jackets, and cases themselves provide some kind of tangible "bond" between artist and listener, at least from the buyer's point of view.
Even the screening on the CD provides some sort of art unique to that particular artist.
I'm a huge Rush freak, and the booklets, packaging, and printed information always contain fun information that makes the experience just a little more enjoyable and even adds a little "mystique" to it.
-Shawn
3. Posted by Shawn | February 19, 2010 7:33 PM |
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Posted on February 19, 2010 19:33