Cd S Outsell Vinyl

That said it s not a total loss for the cd.

Cd s outsell vinyl.

Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in. Vinyl records have officially outsold cds in the united states for the first time since 1986. But count what you re about to read as an exception. In fact vinyl outsold cds for the first time since the 1980s according to a recently released mid year report from the recording industry association of america.

Vinyl records outsell cds in us for first time since 1980s report on first half of 2020 finds that vinyl makes up 62 of physical music revenue ben beaumont thomas ben bt mon 14 sep 2020 03 43. According to the riaa s mid year 2020 report vinyl records were responsible for 232 1 million usd of. Cd sales are still ahead of vinyl sales but barely and dropping fast. Cds earned 247 9 million.

The report underscoring the state. For the first time since the 1980 s vinyl sales have outpaced cd sales in the first half of 2020. Kid a was radiohead s fourth studio album following 1993 s pablo honey 1995 s the bends and 1997 s ok computer but their very. Vinyl is set to outsell cds for the first time since 1986 a new report reveals.

Because vinyl records. More cds were actually sold than vinyl records. 10 6 million units of cds were shipped versus 8 8 million units of lps and eps. Vinyl records earned 224 1 million over the first six months of 2019 selling 8 6 million units.

That means that a lot more people are listening to vinyl records than they are putting a cd into their cd player. 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. Good job music industry. Kid a was radiohead s first number 1 album in the u s.