In the first half of 2020, the US music market generated more revenue with vinyl records than with CDs (221 vs. 130 million $).
In my wildest dreams, I wouldn't have imagined that I would read this sentence, at age 51, having bought my first CDs relatively late, in 1988,
The clue here, of course, is that physical recording media made up only 7 % of the entire 5.7 bn$ market. I prefer classical music, so neither download nor streaming services are very attractive for me, but not many people will buy a rock song engraved on a thing anymore. Maybe in ten years, we'll read that CDs surpass vinyl again because a growing number of aficionados re-discovers their high fidelity, durabilityand potential to be a coffee table item with richly printed booklets and photography.