Music critic Wong Chia-ming, a longtime observer of Chinese pop music trends, says that CD sales have become like singers '" name cards, "serving to maintain their status as stars. Albums have become stepping stones that allow performers to nab more lucrative" moonlighting "gigs.
長期觀察華語流行歌曲趨勢的樂評人翁嘉銘因此打趣地說，CD 銷售對現在的主流歌手來說，功能簡直跟「名片」沒有兩樣，只是維持其明星身份，好接其他各種「副業」掙錢的一個踏腳石。