Vinyl Vs Cd Sales 2013

Although 2013 s top vinyl record belonged to daft punk.

Vinyl vs cd sales 2013.

Physical cd sales continued a decade long slide going down by 14 in 2013 cd s still account for almost 60 of all music sales. Continuing one of the more surprising comebacks of the digital age vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year. Posted on december 29 2019 december 30 2019 author crazy4u 0. While the vinyl albums did well the older cds quickly sold out.

Comparing compact discs cds to vinyl or gramophone records is the musical equivalent of comparing digital photography with film photography. The one bright spot in music sales was the continued increase in popularity of vinyl records up 33 for the year. Vinyl vs cd sales end of year report 2019. Amid all the talk of music streaming and the renaissance of vinyl the continued plummeting of cd sales hasn t been getting a lot of attention in recent years according to the recording industry.

15 2018 8 47 a m. Vinyl record sales surpassed cds for the first time in decades. Ldprod istock via getty images. Vinyl still represents a very small percentage of total sales but it has grown enough to over 6 million units last year that.

Vinyl sales increased by 55 8 from 2010 to 2011 and then 131 8 from 2011 to 2012. Meanwhile one format quietly posted huge gains. When the band goes back on tour again in april there s a good chance it ll offer the full album on cd. The 2020s have officially begun but based on the music.

In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the. Vinyl is back in a big way but what about vinyl vs cd sales. However the scary news for the music industry is that for the first time ever mp3 downloads were also slightly down. Vinyl records almost went extinct in the 1990s after the compact disc took over as the preferred media.

Yes it s 2018 and youtube spotify and pandora are pretty great but hear me out. For the first time since 1986 vinyl is on track to outsell cds. Sales of cds also took a big hit as did album sales overall.