Latin Music’s U.S. Revenue Tops $1 Billion, Per RIAA Report

If Bad Bunny’s galvanizing Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 8 didn’t make it crystal clear, new figures from the Recording Industry Association of America released today should: Latin music is American music (and, of course, not just American, as Bunny was the globe’s fifth-most lucrative artist last year, per the IFPI). The genre’s revenues […]

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Vinil ultrapassa US$ 1 bilhão em vendas nos EUA em 2025

O vinil segue mostrando força no mercado fonográfico: em 2025, o formato ultrapassou a marca de US$ 1 bilhão em receita nos Estados Unidos, segundo relatório da RIAA divulgado em 16 de março. Foram 46,8 milhões de unidades vendidas, um crescimento de 9,3% em relação ao ano anterior. Enquanto isso, outros formatos físicos e digitais […]

US Vinyl Sales Surpass $1 Billion For The First Time Since 1983

Vinyl sales in the US cracked $1 billion in 2025, marking the first time vinyl has crossed that threshold this century. According to a new year-end revenue report from RIAA, an estimated 46.8 million units of new vinyl amounting to $1.04 billion were sold last year, with a 5% increase in physical sales overall from 2024. (For comparison, CDs moved $312.4 million in 2025.)

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Led by Taylor Swift, U.S. Vinyl Sales Reached $1 Billion for First Time Since 1983 as Recorded Music Revenue Hit New High in 2025

The U.S. recorded-music industry reached a record high of $11.5 billion in revenue in 2025, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s year-end revenue report, with premium paid streaming subscription revenues growing 6.8% to $5.88 billion and vinyl sales growing for a 19th consecutive year, passing $1 billion in sales for the first time […]

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