Billboard Magazine names its Top 50 Moments of the decade on it’s website. In this age of concerts, videos and music
Record Stores Crumble Across U.S.
(October 9, 2006)
For 40 years, the Tower Records brand was synonymous with music in the minds of many buyers. As CD sales dwindled in the wake of digital stores like iTunes, the once-powerful chain was forced to file for bankruptcy twice in the 2000s, eventually shutting its physical doors in October 2006. Virgin Records and hundreds of independent stores across the country soon followed, signaling that the one-stop music shop was fast becoming an antiquated idea.
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