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CDs continued to be strong in some markets such as Japan where 132 million units were produced in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00740/|title=Physical Formats Still Dominate Japanese Music Market|date=24 June 2020|website=nippon.com|access-date=14 November 2022|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028183640/https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00740/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The decline in CD sales has slowed in recent years; in 2021, CD sales increased in the US for the first time since 2004,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.strata-gee.com/lets-get-physical-vinyl-sales-up-51-cd-sales-up-for-first-time-in-17-yrs/ | title=Let's Get Physical! Vinyl Sales up >51%, CD Sales up for First Time in 17-yrs | website=Strata-gee.com | date=26 January 2022 | access-date=14 November 2022 | archive-date=14 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114140242/https://www.strata-gee.com/lets-get-physical-vinyl-sales-up-51-cd-sales-up-for-first-time-in-17-yrs/ | url-status=live }}</ref> with [[Axios (website)|Axios]] citing its rise to "young people who are finding they like hard copies of music in the digital age".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.makeuseof.com/cd-sales-are-rising-again-but-why/|title=CD Sales Are Rising Again, but Why?|first=Patrick|last=Kariuki|date=18 March 2022|website=Makeuseof.com|access-date=14 November 2022|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827104056/https://www.makeuseof.com/cd-sales-are-rising-again-but-why/|url-status=live}}</ref> It came at the same time as both vinyl and cassette reached sales levels not seen in 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/vinyl-and-cassette-uk-sales-continue-to-surge-to-30-year-high-as-cd-sales-decline-slows__34839/|title=Vinyl and cassette UK sales continue to surge to 30 year high|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=14 November 2022|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827104058/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/vinyl-and-cassette-uk-sales-continue-to-surge-to-30-year-high-as-cd-sales-decline-slows__34839/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] reported that CD revenue made a dip in 2022, before increasing again in 2023 and overtook downloading for the first time in over a decade.<ref>{{cite report |last=Bass |first=Matthew |date=2024 |title=Year-end 2023 RIAA Revenue Statistics |url=https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023-Year-End-Revenue-Statistics.pdf
In the US, 33.4 million CD albums were sold in the year 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Physical album shipments in the U.S. 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/186772/album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> In [[France]] in 2023, 10.5 million CDs were sold, almost double that of vinyl, but both of them represented generated 12% each of the French music industry revenues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bazoge |first=Mickaël |date=2024-03-27 |title=En France comme aux États-Unis, les vinyles en position de force face aux CD |url=https://www.01net.com/actualites/en-france-comme-aux-etats-unis-les-vinyles-en-position-de-force-face-aux-cd.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=01net.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
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