I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the music industry is changing so that recorded music is more about promoting your live performances and less about selling songs. That said, there’s still a little money to be made from selling songs. We’re at a key milestone in Australia: the ARIA industry association has recognised its first #1 single without a physical product (no CD, no record, no tape, no DVD.) Rihanna’s ‘Don’t stop the music’ was the third single her label has released in Australia and the first to make the #1 spot in the charts. Crucially, it was released in download format only - no CD single was pressed. That’s the future you’re listening to. …yes, there’s some irony in this story photo being from a printed newspaper, but they still have a few decades of useful life, unlike CDs!