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CD Sales Are Up for the First Time in 17 Years

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by: Chris J. - Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:37 UTC

Not spectacularly, in the USA, probably not thanks to classical music
sales.

According to a yearly report from music data compiler MRC Data, sales of
CDs increased from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021,
marking the first time CD sales have increased on a year-over-year basis
since 2004.
CDs weren't the only old-fashioned music format that saw gains in 2021 -
vinyl album sales volume increased a massive 50.4%. Also in 2021, vinyl
saw its single-largest sales week since 1991.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yk7a4cnc

https://mrcdatareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/
MRC_YEAREND_2021_US_FNL.pdf

(last month's news)

Chris
(still buying CDs)

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by: Frank Berger - Thu, 3 Feb 2022 13:08 UTC

On 2/3/2022 6:37 AM, Chris J. wrote:
> Not spectacularly, in the USA, probably not thanks to classical music
> sales.
>
> According to a yearly report from music data compiler MRC Data, sales of
> CDs increased from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021,
> marking the first time CD sales have increased on a year-over-year basis
> since 2004.
> CDs weren't the only old-fashioned music format that saw gains in 2021 -
> vinyl album sales volume increased a massive 50.4%. Also in 2021, vinyl
> saw its single-largest sales week since 1991.
>
> https://preview.tinyurl.com/yk7a4cnc
>
> https://mrcdatareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/
> MRC_YEAREND_2021_US_FNL.pdf
>
> (last month's news)
>
> Chris
> (still buying CDs)

Pretty much a meaningless statistic. CD sales are so far below their peak level around 20 years ago, that a year in which there are a couple of huge hits can cause an uptick. Adele and Taylor Swift and one other I can't remember had huge CD sales in 2021. It's certainly not the start of a trend. No idea whether or when it will trend all the way to zero.

Subject	Author
CD Sales Are Up for the First Time in 17 Years	Chris J.
Re: CD Sales Are Up for the First Time in 17 Years	Frank Berger