In 2017, something curious happened: Sony started manufacturing vinyl records again after ceasing all production in 1989. The RIAA’s (Recording Industry Association of America) 2022 year-end revenue report explained why. Vinyl records made up 71% of physical media revenue that year and had outsold CDs for the first time since 1987, in addition to having 16 consecutive years of growth. And it isn’t older generations fueling the record comeback, either. It’s Gen Z learning how to operate turntables instead of rotary phones
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