Music business

"On June 25th, 2009 Michael Jackson was found dead at his Los Angeles home.  The artist created, along with master producer Quincy Jones, the biggest selling album in history,..."

"Walk into Amoeba Records, and there's no question: this is a record store, and it's about buying music. It's rows and rows of used CDs and vinyl, with serious music lovers thumbing through the racks. But that's not reality anymore, and for the rest of us, the 'record store' is quickly morphing into the 'entertainment store,' or some variation thereof."

Music lovers are doing something they haven’t done in years: They’re buying more albums.

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This week, Adele's 21 becomes the first album since 2005 to notch 30 weeks of 100,000-plus sales. The blockbuster set moved 399,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, marking...

As CD sales plummet and famed shops close, brave entrepreneurs are trying to reinvent the model. Is it too late?