In a world full of 2025 music streaming services like Apple, YouTube, Amazon Music, Spotify, and Tidal, and satellite radio options like SiriusXM, it becomes harder and harder to remember the prior superiority of the physical formats of albums. From today's Top 10 hits to the best-selling rock album of all time, the reality is that physical media today pales in comparison to the hold that digital downloading and streaming have on the music market and the so-called "meaning" that streams have on artist popularity.