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Billboard Magazine Recognizes the National Association of Record Merchandiser's (NARM) decade of growth and innovation in the record industry
NARM pioneered rack jobbing in the record industry starting in 1961. This segment of the market ended up growing to 59% of the entire market. As the music industry was entering a new era of innovation, this company hoped to continue to maintain its position in the market. The article also included big plans for the tape and cartridge craze that had begun at the time.Ackerman Paul, "NARM Proves Key Issues," Billboard, vol. 80 no. 12 (1968): 38-45, Google Books
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The Temptations 10th Anniversary Record
This is a photograph of a record my Grandma gave me from 1973. This record was produced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Temptations, which includes 3 vinyl records full of their discography up to that point. It was produced by Motown, their record label, and distributed across the United States. -
College Student with a Walkman
This image shows a student reading the newspaper at East Caroline University while listening to a walkman in 1992. The walkman is an original source of portable music popular from the 70s to the early 2000s. The device used cassettes and eventually CDs with headphones to allow anyone to listen to music anywhere. You could buy various albums on CDs and cassettes to listen to at any time.East Carolina University, "Student reading The East Carolinian", 1992, DPLA
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Jay Z's Tidal "Declaration of Independence" from Streaming Services
Jay Z and many other famous artists such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, and J. Cole gathered to support Jay Z's new streaming service Tidal. He created Tidal to provide better quality music and a better experience for artists and their journeys throughout any point of their careers.McIntyre Hugh, "The Tidal Launch: Here's The Declaration That All The Stars Signed", Forbes, April 2, 2015, Forbes
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"The Year of Streaming Music"
David Bakula acknowledges the success of Chance the Rapper's album at the Grammys in 2017 without the sale of physical records. His music vibed with people and as such, they streamed his songs from that album. Being able to easily access music has allowed genres besides rock, in this case, hip-hop, to top the charts.Bakula, David "Nielsen Music's David Bakula says 2017 was the year of streaming music, with hip hop on top", EBSCO, December 12, 2017 EBSCO
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