Vinyl record sales keep spinning and spinning – with no end in sight

There are far easier ways to consume music than buying records, which takes time, money and effort. Alejandra Villa Loraca/Newsday via Getty Images

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.

Not only did sales rise, but they also surpassed CD sales for the first time since 1988, according to a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America.