How many vinyl records are sold worldwide each year?
Music hard Data from 2023
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The answer
50,000,000 records
Roughly 50M.
Around 50 million vinyl records are sold a year, up from under 3 million in 2006. Vinyl has now outsold CDs in several markets — a format that was declared dead twice has become the only growing physical medium in music.
Where this number comes from
| Source | IFPI Global Music Report |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | records |
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