digital releases
Non-physical media launches
Digital releases are music, films, games, or other media distributed electronically rather than on physical formats like CDs, DVDs, or vinyl.
The term emerged as downloads and streaming displaced traditional retail: The album dropped as a digital release before the vinyl came out.
Digital releases often precede or replace physical versions entirely, and may include bonus content unavailable elsewhere.
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- streaming numbersUnbounded sequence of arriving values
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- albumUnified collection of recordings
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- recordingsaudio recording, albums, studio albums, video recording, live albums
- video contentepisode, YouTube, subtitles, web series, Vimeo
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- Asian popC-pop, Cantopop, Erik, Isaac, Jack
- Classical Recordingssymphonies, concertos, overtures, orchestral arrangements, studio recordings
- world musicworld music, African music, Celtic music, Indian music, Brazilian music
digital releasesvinyl releases
Music pressed into grooves
vinyl records · compact discs · physical media · hard copies · cassette tapes
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