News The CD turns 40: Inside the meteoric rise and fall of the shiny disc that changed music March 18, 2023March 21, 2023 Mike Snider and Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY Comments Off on The CD turns 40: Inside the meteoric rise and fall of the shiny disc that changed music CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?