Vinyl Records Outselling CDs For The First Time Since The 1980’s
September 11, 2020 1:23PM EDT
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 31: Vinyl record collectors look for bargains at the Musicmania Record Fair at Olympia Exhibition Centre on January 31, 2015 in London, England. A large selection of rare and deleted vinyl records from punk, pop, reggae and R’n’B are offered for sale in the largest sale of it’s kind. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
The vinyl resurgence has reached its peak in 2020 – old-fashioned records are now the top-selling medium for physical albums.
According to the RIAA, vinyl records have outsold CDs so far this year – the first time that’s happened since the 1980’s.
Overall, vinyl records account for 62% of physical album sales – but digital streaming remains new king of the music world.
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