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When music CDs came out over 30 years ago,
thought that would mean the
of vinyl records. After MP3s and streaming came
, people thought records would die. This was not the
. Vinyl records have been making a
. Many younger people are becoming very
in the seven-inch and 12-inch discs. So much so that in 2022, vinyl record sales were greater than CD
for the first time since 1987. In 2022, just over 41 million vinyl records were sold in the US. This compares to 33 million CDs. Records have been increasing in
for quite some time. The year 2022 was the 16th consecutive year of
for record sales. Records now account for 71 per cent of non-
music.
