Some fans spent $330+ collecting Swift's "Showgirl" vinyls as RIAA reports a billion-dollar boom and record shopping demand surges.

Vinyl sales grew nearly 10% in 2025 to reach $1 billion in sales for the first time this century, according to a new industry report.

Vinyl keeps winning big. In 2025, U.S. buyers snapped up 47.9 million units, an 8.6% jump that marked the 19th year of steady ...

Sales of vinyl records increased by 7.9 percent in the United States year over year, increasing from 43.4 million units moved in 2024 to 46.8 million units in 2025. That ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? It's no secret that vinyl records are making a major comeback. Even Harry Styles set ...

The very first vinyl record was pressed in 1948 by Columbia Records: Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor by violinist Nathan Milstein. It was, of course, a standard black disc. Imagine spinning that ...

Monday, Aug. 12 is National Vinyl Record Day for those who celebrate. The day actually has its inspiration from California. According to the National Day Calendar, a man named Gary Freiberg of Los ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Molly Swindall poses with part of her Taylor Swift vinyl collection in Georgia. (Kendrick Brinson for the Washington Post via ...

610 Record Manufacturing takes tiny PVC pellets and turns them into plastic pucks which are then flattened with metal stamps that have the grooves needed to hear music from a vinyl record. It’s the ...

Records collect dust and dirt over time, and cleaning keeps them in mint condition. Vinyl records offer a richer sound than the digital formats most people use to listen to music these days. But ...