Are Vinyls Making A Comeback

Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states.

Are vinyls making a comeback.

In the age of digital everything the resurgence of vinyl almost feels like a glitch. However an even older musical product is recovering. Jacob osborn 4 jul 2018. For some context the new er cd format has seen a drop in revenue by 48 percent for 2020.

Vinyl records see a comeback during music s digital age. Awesome mix tape 2 was released after guardians of the galaxy came out making it one of the first commercially successful audio cassette tapes to be put out in years. However in 2007 vinyl sales made a sudden small increase starting its comeback and by the early 2010s it was growing at a very fast rate. Of course the 419 million in vinyl sales last year.

Why vinyl is making a comeback. Instead the bustling ecosystem of turntables and records is. After all why go through the process of putting on a record when you can just press a button or let some streaming service do all the work for you. Vinyl records have been slowly making a massive comeback over the last five years and we wanted to find out why.

A major technological characteristic cited in the comeback of vinyl is its distinctive lack of audio cleanness and perfection what fans call the warmth of the vinyl sound. Here are five possible reasons why vinyl is making a comeback. After nearly vanishing from store shelves and most households vinyl records are making a strong comeback. In some territories vinyl is now more popular than it has been since the late 1980s though vinyl records still make up only a marginal percentage 6 of overall music sales.

More than 16 million vinyl albums were sold in the u s. 29 2015 10 02 pm utc. Since 2005 vinyl sales have grown year on year with sales growing by 4 percent during the first half of 2020. In 2018 producing vinyl s highest total revenue in 30 years according to the recording industry association of america riaa.

Over the past few years analog goods including physical books board games and of course vinyl records have experienced a surprising resurgence despite the fact that these technologies are.