After nearly two years in a gridlocked pandemic, this year in music was all about paying homage to nostalgic acts. Pop icon Britney Spears made her triumphant return to music, as did Backstreet Boys.

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Key Production Group founder Karen Emanuel has projected "steady growth" for vinyl in 2026 and saluted Taylor Swift's impact ...

Americans seem to be listening to more vinyl records amid the pandemic. In fact, vinyl outsold CDs for the first time since the 1980s, according to a recently released mid-year report from the ...

It took 35 years and an industry-altering digital music revolution, but for the first time since 1987, vinyl sold more units than CDs in the U.S. last year. The figure solidified vinyl’s dominance ...

Nielsen SoundScan has tallied the sales numbers for the year so far, and while the overall picture isn't terribly encouraging, there are signs that gains in the digital sector may make up for the ...

Vinyl sales and music streaming both soared by more than 50 per cent in 2014 in the United States, even as overall sales kept declining. With few blockbuster releases and streaming becoming more ...