What a sad world we now live in.......

"I don’t think Walmart customers were ever exactly the most music-loving people around. Or perhaps it is that they, like myself, are just not interested in the music that is currently most popular."

I would bet that many, if not majority, of the Kenny Chesney and Garth Brooks CDs were bought at Walmart.

I might lose the bet, but I would be willing to bet that I would not lose it.

Cd was nice ,just like records personally digital like Jplays new Femto  which is 
excellent digital sounding playback the best to date. I have a JRivers 25 ,
land I downloaded the trial it is he best . Cd just borrow or buy just to rip wav or
Flac files to my Solid state drives. I donot miss have to play CDs one at time one bit ,they are inferior in every way and  just cumbersome when I can just click non my app and play in any order or cd I choose. Digital now sounds excellent if you have good gear .

"Second, Walmart was never a player in the music biz."

For whatever it is worth, this is an article from 2004...

"In the past decade, Wal-Mart has quietly emerged as the nation’s biggest record store. Wal-Mart now sells an estimated one out of every five major-label albums."

“We’re in such a competitive world, and you can’t reach consumers if you’re not in Wal-Mart,” admits another label executive.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wal-mart-wants-10-cds-235534/

It is Walmart's loss - I used to go to Best Buy once a week to buy CD's (and in the process purchase something I didn't need), I have not stepped into Best Buy in 6 months - stupid marketing decision.  There was really nothing in the Walmart bins that I was interested in, and even their online was not only poorly created, difficult to use, but had no selection.  I now buy all my CD's online (amazon, amoeba, elusive, acoustic sounds),  purchased 3 today.  It is good news for the local record stores that are packed now - and not with old people, young people - and most of them are browsing CD's.  Many kids can hear the difference between an MP3 and a well recorded record.  The CD's are much cheaper than the vinyl alternatives - you need a pretty good system to make a record sound better than a CD - most youngsters don't have $50K to blow on a system.  New SACD's are coming out every week - it is a good time to be a music lover.