When were CDs commercially available?

Thirty years ago, on October 1, 1982, the first audio CD players were released to the public — and with them, the first commercially available audio CDs. (CDs had been first manufactured, by the Philips company, in August of the same year.)

What were the first albums released on CD?

The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony’s CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan. Early the following year on March 2, 1983 CD players and discs (16 titles from CBS Records) were released in the United States and other markets.

When did CDs become mainstream?

Initially, sales were slow, but by 1985 sales started to grow rapidly. In 1988 CD sales surpassed vinyl LPs, and by 1989 they outsold prerecorded music cassette tapes for the first time ever — thus becoming the most popular audio format. CD sales continued to grow until they peaked in 2002.

When was the first commercial CD player introduced?

October 1, 1982
The Sony CDP-101 is the world’s first commercially released compact disc player. The system was launched in Japan on October 1, 1982 at a list price of 168,000 yen (approx US$730).

What was the first CD released in the US?

Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” Becomes the First Music CD Pressed in the U.S.A. , pressed at the opening of CBS Records CD production plant in Terre Haute, Indiana in September 1984. The album was recorded on analog master tapes, and initially issued on both LP and cassette on June 4, 1984.

What was the first CD single?

The first commercially released CD Single was Angeline by John Martyn released on 1 February 1986. CD singles were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart in 1987, and the first number 1 available on the format in that country was “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” by Whitney Houston in May 1987.

What was the first CD released in the USA?

What was the first CD ever released?

Story highlights. On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan.

When did music CDs come out in the US?

Thirty-three years ago this month, in March 1983, America got its first whirl at the compact disc. CDs first launched in Japan, but they didn’t make their way to the States until several months later. (NPR has a helpful timeline of the important dates in compact-disc-tory.)

Who was the first artist to record on a CD?

The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982. It was a recording from 1979 of Claudio Arrau performing Chopin waltzes (Philips 400 025-2).

When did CD sales overtake vinyl?

The rise of the CD So much so, that by 1988 (just 5 years after its U.S. release), CD sales had eclipsed vinyl, and would soon overtake the cassette just three years later in 1991.

What was the first CD player?

Sony CDP-101
Sony CDP-101 The first CD player, released by Sony on Oct. 1, 1982. It originally cost $1,000 in 1982 (about $2,230 today).

When did music CD come out?

October 1982
At least Sony and Philips had their own record labels – CBS and Polygram, respectively – so they pressed ahead. CBS released the world’s first commercially available CD, a reissue of Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, in Japan in October 1982.

How much was a CD in 1987?

At the time of first release in 1987, their retail price was between $4 and $6, at least $3 less than even the least-expensive 5-inch discs. Delos Records, a small, independent label, issued the first commercially available 3-inch CDs in 1987 with 20 classical and jazz titles.