The Vinyl Comeback in Numbers

Vinyl records nearly died around 2005, then grew every single year for over a decade and a half. By 2020 vinyl out-earned CDs in the United States for the first time since the 1980s, and annual US sales have climbed past tens of millions of discs.

Record Store Day, founded in 2008, turned releases into collector events with limited pressings. Pressing plants reopened and new ones were built to chase demand, and classic albums like Thriller and Rumours sell steadily alongside new releases..