Vinyl More Sales Than Digital

Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in.

Vinyl more sales than digital. The analogue format made of polyvinyl chloride had been the main vehicle for the commercial distribution of pop music from the 1950s until the 1980s and 1990s when they were largely replaced by the compact disc cd. So if most of the 1000 indie retailers don t report sales that s about a third of retail sales of new vinyl going unreported meaning that new vinyl sales are likely to be about 50 higher than. Vinyl records earned 224 1 million on 8 6 million units in the first half of 2019 closing in on the 247 9 million on 18 6 million units generated by cd sales. Vinyl didn t die when jimi hendrix did.

The vinyl revival is the renewed interest and increased sales of vinyl records or gramophone records that has been taking place in the western world since about 2007. The riaa s mid year report for 2019 was released thursday and vinyl sales have. Tables turned as vinyl sales overtake digital sales for first time in uk this article is more than 3 years old records sales hit 2 5m last week compared with 2 1m for digital with surge. Vinyl sales on track to earn more than cds for first time in over 30 years record sales are expected to continue increasing throughout 2019.

On september 06 2019 3 39pm. The riaa reported vinyl sales alone accounted for more than one third of the total revenue from physical albums. Digital download sales have fallen so much in the past few years that they re now smaller than sales of cds vinyl and. Let s take a trip to a record store and i ll tell you the four reasons why 12 vinyl records are better than digital mp3.

It s very much alive and is much more preferable than listening to music in a digital format.