"I realized I had a decent collection of music, knew how to access CDs, buy music for an iPod and own it,” one told Newsweek.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nathaniel Pangaro / How-To Geek As streaming has become the preferred way to listen to music, buying physical CDs has grown less ...

I used to feel trapped by Spotify Premium. I thought that if I quit, I'd have to choose between listening to insufferable ads and shelling out hundreds every month for downloads and physical media.

Music buyers must have been feeling sentimental last year, because according to Nielsen SoundScan's year-end music report, old albums outsold new releases by 4.3 million copies, as reported by Chart ...

As streaming has become the preferred way to listen to music, buying physical CDs has grown less common. Yet this isn’t new; physical music purchases began to decline when digital downloads became ...