US vinyl sales top $1bn for first time since 1983

US vinyl sales topped $1.04bn in 2025, marking the first time the format has broken the $1bn mark in over four decades and the 19th consecutive year of growth. Vinyl purchases reached 46.8m units, a 7.9% rise from 43.4m in 2024; CDs generated $312.4m and other physical formats $25.8m.

Vinyl still represented less than 10% of US music sales, compared with $9.5bn from streaming, and consumers bought about 48.5m copies of new vinyl releases (the RIAA report does not include used sales). Taylor Swift’s marketing of the format as a collectible played a central role in the resurgence.

Her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl was last year’s bestselling vinyl release with 1.6m vinyl sales. Swift issued eight vinyl variants with alternate cover artwork and LP colors, some editions including extras such as a Target exclusive with previously unseen photos, a double-sided poster and a poem, and others available only in 48-hour windows through her web store.

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