The first million selling CD was The Joshua Tree by U2 -> NO! It was Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits:
"Brothers in Arms was the first album to sell one million copies in the CD format"
quadrophenia
Bill Haley
paul McCartney
Mystikal
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes-1972
I would think that since the CD is used, it was at one point new. Therefore, the artist/label would have received money the first time it was purchased. Just a guess though.
Thomas Edison
Believe
billy joel
Billy Joel
The first CD that was pressed in Hanover was a recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss
They go into a studio, record their demos, and have their record companies priduce them onto cd's and albums.
The cast of Roadie Chefs II - 2001 includes: Arlo Guthrie as Recording Artist Faith Hill as Recording Artist Tim McGraw as Recording Artist Bare Naked Ladies as Recording Artists Willie Nelson as Recording Artist In Sync as Recording Artists Stone Temple Pilots as Recording Artists Justin Timberlake as Recording Artist Tina Turner as Recording Artist
Yes. Justin Beiber is a recording artist.
there was no term for it back when cds were first produced
Bigger Picture.
Of what recording?