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https://www.analogplanet.com/content/riaa-reports-us-vinyl-sales-surpassed-1-billion-2025-representing-nearly-50-our-favorite

On the bigger-picture sales front, the RIAA also confirmed that U.S. wholesale annual revenue achieved a record high of $11.5 billion, which has been buttressed by record labels’ commitment to using technological innovation to (in their words) “deepen the connection between artists and fans.” The latter comment applies mainly to streaming, as the U.S. remains the world’s largest paid subscription market with 106.5 million accounts generating $6.4 billion in revenue. (Premium paid subscription revenues grew by 6.8% to $5.88 billion.)

That all said, now that I’ve just calculated how much I personally added to that 2025 U.S. vinyl sales figure (and to our GDP, for that matter) due to all the LPs I bought in 2025 — a trend that’s clearly going to increase here in 2026, based on the vinyl purchases I’ve already made in Q1 — I think it’s high time to put on some of that new wax and celebrate this news! How about you? Happy spinning, everyone. . .