In what year did CDs replace cassettes?

CDs gradually replaced pre-recorded cassettes as a distribution medium for commercial music releases beginning with the introduction of CDs in the mid-1980s. By 1993, CDs were outselling cassettes, and by the early 2000s, pre-recorded cassettes were basically extinct. read more

Compact discs (CDs) replaced cassette tapes over time as the dominant format for music. The first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's 52nd Street, was released in Japan in 1982. Throughout the 1980s, vinyl LPs, cassettes, and CDs all sold well, but CDs gradually overtook sales of vinyl and CDs. read more

« Reply #22 on: November 09, 2013, 02:17:45 AM » I bought my first CD in '93 (I was 12). read more