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vinyl sales plummet in 2024 according to luminate data

Vinyl Sales Have Plummeted 33.3% Year Over Year — What’s Going On? (Updated)

October 15, 2024

Luminate data as recently presented by Billboard. After more than a decade of rising sales for the vinyl format, sales have fallen off a cliff this year with an estimated plummet of more than 30% year-over-ye... Read More...

‘Screen-Free Audio Player for Children’ Yoto Announces $15 Million Raise, Eyes Aggressive International Expansion

Dylan Smith

October 14, 2024

Children's audio platform Yoto has announced $15 million in additional funding and disclosed plans to spearhead an aggressive global buildout. Photo Credit: Yoto Just months after revealing a $22 million inje... Read More...

RIAA Reports US Mid-Year 2024 Recorded Music Revenues Up 4% to $8.7 Billion — Though Paid Subscriptions Bump Just 2.7% Year-Over-Year

Ashley King

August 29, 2024

Photo Credit: RIAA The RIAA has released its mid-year report for 2024, revealing that U.S. recorded music revenues rose 4% to $8.7 billion in estimated retail value. That's a record sum, according to the majo... Read More...

SoundCloud Says ‘Streaming Isn’t Enough’ — Opens SoundCloud Store for Diversified Income Sources

Ashley King

August 14, 2024

Photo Credit: Lechon Kirb SoundCloud says streaming isn’t enough for artists to survive, that’s why its launching the SoundCloud Store to diversify income sources for artists. A select number of Next Pro art... Read More...

Love Bob Dylan? Like, 27 Live CDs Containing 431 Songs Worth of Bob Dylan? Then This Boxed Set Is For You

Ashley King

July 9, 2024

Photo Credit: Xavier Badosa / CC by 2.0 Bob Dylan fans’ dreams come true this fall with a 27-CD boxed set of his 1974 tour and live recordings, with 417 previously unreleased tracks. Long have Bob Dylan afic... Read More...

Liquid Death Taps Ozzy Osbourne for ‘Don’t Snort Death Dust’ Campaign

Ashley King

June 27, 2024

Photo Credit: Liquid Death Ozzy Osbourne warns teenagers not to snort Liquid Death’s new Death Dust electrolyte powder in the brand’s latest ad campaign. Liquid Death’s new Death Dust, an electrolyte powder ... Read More...

Amazon Taps Megan Thee Stallion for Prime Day Blowout Ad, Complete with An Original Song

Ashley King

June 25, 2024

Photo Credit: Amazon Amazon partners with Megan Thee Stallion for a Prime Day blowout ad, complete with an original song and music video for the sale’s tenth anniversary. On Tuesday, June 25, Megan Thee Stal... Read More...

Bon Jovi or Non Jovi? — Fans Claim Autographed Albums Were Actually Autopenned

Ashley King

June 19, 2024

Photo Credit: Earl McGehee / CC by 2.0 Fans claim autographed Bon Jovi albums were actually autopenned with a template of the frontman’s signature, accusing the band’s label UMG of deceit. Some fans are accu... Read More...

‘EcoCD’ Developed Using 90% Recycled Polycarbonate — With WMG, Coldplay. Sonopress Partnering On the Effort

Ashley King

June 18, 2024

Photo Credit: Sonopress Sonopress has developed a CD made from 90% recycled polycarbonate—sourced from post-consumer waste streams collected by non-profits like The Ocean Cleanup. This new EcoCD is expected t... Read More...

Coldplay Partners with The Ocean Cleanup for Limited Edition ‘River Plastic’ Vinyl LP — Discs Made Entirely of Discarded, Floating Plastic

Ashley King

June 17, 2024

Photo Credit: The Ocean Cleanup Coldplay has partnered with The Ocean Cleanup to release a limited ‘Notebook Edition LP’ release of the band’s album Moon Music. This album will be pressed using reclaimed plas... Read More...

Lost John Lennon Guitar Discovered in an Attic Sells for $2.85 Million

Ashley King

May 30, 2024

Photo Credit: Julien’s Auctions A guitar once used by John Lennon has sold for nearly $2.9 million at auction, setting a new world record for the highest selling Beatles guitar. The 12-string Hootenanny acou... Read More...

Aespa Isn’t Just Selling an ‘Armageddon’ CD — Korea-Exclusive Special Edition, Featuring a CD Player and More, Sells Out

Dylan Smith

May 27, 2024

Aespa (pictured) has released a debut studio album entitled Armageddon, and an over $100 edition includes a CD player and more. Photo Credit: SM Entertainment After South Korean fans purchased north of 115 mi... Read More...

So Long, CDs — Billboard Boots All Physical Sales Data from ‘Market Watch’ Following Vinyl Removal

Are CDs Coming Back? A Look at the Strange New Data on Discs

U.S. CD Sales Are Down 19.1% Year Over Year, Billboard’s Luminate Data Breakdown Shows — A Stark Contrast to the RIAA’s H1 2024 Sales Stats

Billboard Removes Vinyl Sales Figures From Its Site After Posting 33% Year-Over-Year Declines

Vinyl Alliance Says “US Vinyl Sales Have Not Dropped 33% in 2024” as Luminate Dramatically Reverses Its Earlier Data — So What’s Going On Here?

Vinyl Sales Have Plummeted 33.3% Year Over Year — What’s Going On? (Updated)

‘Screen-Free Audio Player for Children’ Yoto Announces $15 Million Raise, Eyes Aggressive International Expansion

RIAA Reports US Mid-Year 2024 Recorded Music Revenues Up 4% to $8.7 Billion — Though Paid Subscriptions Bump Just 2.7% Year-Over-Year

SoundCloud Says ‘Streaming Isn’t Enough’ — Opens SoundCloud Store for Diversified Income Sources

Love Bob Dylan? Like, 27 Live CDs Containing 431 Songs Worth of Bob Dylan? Then This Boxed Set Is For You

Liquid Death Taps Ozzy Osbourne for ‘Don’t Snort Death Dust’ Campaign

Amazon Taps Megan Thee Stallion for Prime Day Blowout Ad, Complete with An Original Song

Bon Jovi or Non Jovi? — Fans Claim Autographed Albums Were Actually Autopenned

‘EcoCD’ Developed Using 90% Recycled Polycarbonate — With WMG, Coldplay. Sonopress Partnering On the Effort

Coldplay Partners with The Ocean Cleanup for Limited Edition ‘River Plastic’ Vinyl LP — Discs Made Entirely of Discarded, Floating Plastic

Lost John Lennon Guitar Discovered in an Attic Sells for $2.85 Million

Aespa Isn’t Just Selling an ‘Armageddon’ CD — Korea-Exclusive Special Edition, Featuring a CD Player and More, Sells Out