Why Are Vinyl Records Popular Again

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.

Why are vinyl records popular again.

Even as physical cd sales decline people are buying more vinyl than they have in decades. I ve loved vinyl for as long as i can remember but i never knew exactly how records were made. Kevin cornell on april 19 2016. 6 reasons why vinyl is popular again.

Dancing and singing and squealing just being in love with our vinyl records again in fact in 2019 vinyl is poised to outsell cds for the first time since 1986 according to riaa. 26 of all physical albums sold in 2019 in u s. Nearly 6 million units sold in just in 2013. As albums have become more popular among collectors in the 2000s limited releases have made records cooler than ever with colored and split color vinyl.

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. Another point in vinyl s favor. Most vinyl albums are black but they don t have to be pigmented materials can make albums red blue pink white orange or practically any other color. Vinyl s revival has made a significant mark in sales figures.

Etienne laurent european pressphoto agency. Seems like we ve all become like her in the last decade. A vinyl record is played outside a store during record store day in paris in 2015.