Cd shipments however fell 6 to 1 1 billion.
Total record sales in vinyl cd downloads.
The riaa s revenue numbers for the first half of 2020 show that cd sales have plummeted and music downloads now bring in less revenue than all physical products.
While sales have gone up prices have as well.
Cds and vinyl are more popular than digital downloads once again.
The days of vinyl records being seen as outdated have mostly.
Purchases of digital songs albums and even physical cds decline once again as another year comes to a close but vinyl sales grow by double digits and now they make up just over one quarter of.
Vinyl record sales have helped.
Vinyl records earned 224 1 million on 8 6 million units in the first half of 2019 closing in on the 247 9 million on 18 6 million units generated by cd sales.
Vinyl records accounted for 232 1 million of music sales in the first half of the year compared to cds which brought in only 129 9 million according to a report from the recording industry.
Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in.
Eau claire wqow a blast from the past as vinyl record sales have officially surpassed cd sales for the first time since the 1980s.
Digital download sales have fallen so much in the past few years that they re now smaller than sales of cds vinyl and other.
Amid all the talk of music streaming and the renaissance of vinyl the continued plummeting of cd sales hasn t been getting a lot of attention in recent years according to the recording industry.