People who grew up in the post-vinyl world have also contributed to its rebirth in popularity. In 2023, vinyl surpassed CD sales for the first time since the late 1980s.

Left for dead in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry’s most popular and highest-grossing physical format. Getting them manufactured, however, is increasingly a challenge.

Pro-Ject Audio For vinyl record lovers, there are few things worse than dropping the needle on a great used record store find (or even new!) only to watch its warped plastic bobble around and ...

Over the past decade, vinyl records have made a major comeback. People purchased (US)$1.2 billion of records in 2022, a 20% jump from the previous year.

Fidelity Record Pressing is the first new vinyl plant to open in California in 40 years. (Chiara Alexa / For The Times) By August Brown. Staff Writer Contact. May 23, 2024 3 AM PT .

Vinyl records had their day. Then they nearly died. Then they were revived. Now investors are so confident in the resiliency of the revival that they are investing millions of dollars so the ...

Vinyl records have been making a quiet comeback in Hong Kong, in both local independent music stores and the homes of dedicated audiophiles and collectors. It’s not just a Hong Kong trend.