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Vinyl may outsell compact discs for the first time since 1986.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere seems to be some talk that it\u2019s surpassed CDs now, but I\u2019d actually done that several years ago,” said Tim Smith, the owner of Papa Jazz Record Shoppe in Columbia. \u201cIt\u2019s about a 2:1 ratio.\u201d<\/p>\n
A report from the Recording Industry Association of America\u00a0suggests that the vinyl comeback may take over the CD industry soon. In 2002 and 2003, CDs were at the height of their popularity, making up 93% of total music sales in the US. Fifteen\u00a0years later that number has dropped to just over 9%.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in 2018 digital sales currently make up 91% of the U.S. music industry, according to the same report.<\/p>\n
The 2019 mid-year report shows that vinyl sales are up nearly 13% since 2018 and CD sales have barely increased 1%.<\/p>\n
A lot of factors are contributing to the flip in trends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s due to a popularity [of what] used to be unpopular,\u201d University of South Carolina freshman Sully Lant explained. \u201cPeople want to be unique.\u201d<\/p>\n
But going against the grain is not the only reason for the flip.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople\u00a0just prefer<\/span> the sound of vinyl,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThere is just the listening experience. When you\u2019re listening to a record, that\u2019s all you\u2019re doing. You\u2019re sitting down and listening to a record. Whereas with a CD, you tend to drift away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n UofSC sophomore, Sebastian Lee, who has about 50 records, agreed. \u201cI like the crackling of old vinyl. It feels like it\u2019s more personal because many people have had it before I did. I dated a girl who was into vinyl, and I thought that\u2019s pretty cool . . . so I thought I should get into vinyl,\u201d Lee noted.<\/p>\n While many thought CDs and digital tracks were a vast improvement to the music industry, the nostalgia of vinyl has captured the imagination of a new generation.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019s just something about the vibes that it has. It\u2019s just a little more fun,\u201d Lant added.<\/p>\n Smith finds that younger generations are gravitating towards vinyl, based on his in-store purchases. \u201cCertainly, college kids are extremely tilted towards vinyl,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||” _i=”1″ _address=”1.0.1″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/on-a-player.web_.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 1″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” _i=”0″ _address=”1.0.1.0″] Some music lovers are gravitating toward vinyl records rather than CDs.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/record-bin.web_.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 2″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” _i=”2″ _address=”1.0.1.2″] Records are organized by artist in bins for sale at Papa Jazz Record Shoppe.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Total-Slales-in-US.Web_.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 3″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” _i=”4″ _address=”1.0.1.4″] In 2002 and 2003 CDs made up 93% of total music sales in the U.S. Fifteen years later that number has dropped to just over 9%.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019.WEB_.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image 4″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” _i=”6″ _address=”1.0.1.6″] Albums continue to make a comeback among music lovers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":26689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[71,39],"tags":[136,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26684"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26881,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26684\/revisions\/26881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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