Grammy Nominees CD Series Cancelled

Just saw this article. Thought it might be of interest
here.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9488977/recording-
academy-halts-grammy-nominees-cd-series/

From the article:

"...An Academy spokesperson injected a hopeful note: “The CD is taking a year off and conversations will be had next year on how to proceed in this new music consumption world.”.."

NightAire wrote: From the article: "...An Academy spokesperson injected a hopeful note: “The CD is taking a year off and conversations will be had next year on how to proceed in this new music consumption world.”.."

Unless a new way of consuming music comes
along in the next year, I can't imagine what
other options they'd have except digital
downloads and streaming, which they could be
doing now. Or unless CD sales magically pick
up before then.

PopArchivist wrote: Not that the CD's ever compared to the NOW series. Honestly another sign the CD will disappear in the next few years. Even the NOW series isn't selling what it used to on CD. I think the cost of assembling these comps when they don't sell units vs actually putting them on 7 digital or Qobuz is insane. No CD, no overhead. Make people buy the digital album if you have to. Could have done that with the Grammy's...

One nice thing with the NOW series is that they often
contained the clean and/or radio versions of the hits.
I've never used either of the d/l sites you
mentioned...do they offer the same?

Downloading definitely changed the game...no longer do
you have to buy an entire CD when you're only
interested in 1 or 2 songs on it. I'd imagine most of
the Grammy nominees' songs are readily available.

VWestlife wrote: Maybe they finally realized that the people who are still buying new CDs (usually older and more demanding of audio quality) are not the same demographic who is necessarily interested in most of the latest Grammy-nominated music (Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, etc.).

Good point. Then again, according to the hype vinyl
LPs are flying off the shelves, with millennials
leading the charge.
Interesting to note that the Grammy collection isn't
available in that format either.

I'm on the older end of the boomer generation and even
though I still listen to contemporary radio, I don't
really follow it anymore and most of the Grammy
nominees/winners are songs/artists I'm not familiar
with.


Edited by Hykker