Swift, for one, smashed records in vinyl sales in April with the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” selling 700,000 copies in just three days.And, just last week, the pop star ...

Vinyl records made up 71% of physical media revenue that year and had outsold CDs for the first time since 1987, in addition to having 16 consecutive years of growth. And it isn't older ...

Key Background. Vinyl sales have been on the rise in recent years and Swift has led the charge, setting plenty of records for vinyl sales. In 2022, her “Midnights” was the year’s best ...

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

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Vinyl records can be found anywhere, and their sales surpassed CD sales last year for the first time since the 80s, a report from the the Recording Industry Association of America highlighted.

Vinyl record sales have growing for the past 15 years. Pexels. For the first time since 1987, music lovers in the United States are buying more vinyl albums than CDs.