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"Previously relegated to the dustbin of media history, the vinyl LP has
undergone a revival during the past decade to once again become the best
selling physical format for recorded music today.
Where barely one million new vinyl albums were sold in the United States in
2006, that figure has grown every year since, soaring to just over 49 million
units in 2023. One in every 15 vinyl albums sold last year — approximately
seven per cent of all sales (more than three million units) — were by Taylor
Swift.
This is a global media comeback story. It is so significant the BBC recently
reported that after a 30-year absence Britain’s Office of National Statistics
has placed vinyl records back into the basket of goods it uses for tracking
consumer pricing and measuring inflation.
How is it that a media format as clunky, costly and fragile as vinyl would
become so popular in an age of ubiquitous digital content? How is it that of
all forms of recorded music, vinyl is the first to return to dominance from a
state of near extinction? Why is it that an artist like Taylor Swift, whose
core fan base is more familiar with companies like Apple or Spotify than
high-end record turntables made by Thorens or VPI, would be the biggest selling
artist of vinyl music?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
