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But new data from Billboard suggests that this particular listening party could be coming to an end.
Between 2023 and 2024, US vinyl sales dropped 33.3%.
And it’s not been replaced by streaming, which is only up 7.2% (viaHeadphonesty).
The problem’s pretty simple.
Vinyl almost always costs too much now.
But it’s also because of greed in both the new and the resale markets.
The high prices and limited supply in retail are having a knock-on effect on resale too.
And as some point out, high prices doesn’t necessarily mean high quality either.
