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Vinyl passed CD revenue in the late 2010s and kept climbing. The figure is taken from Library of Congress, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Records outsold compact discs again

Vinyl passed CD revenue in the late 2010s and kept climbing Sales of vinyl had collapsed in the 1990s and then recovered slowly around collectors and reissues. Buyers often want the object and the artwork rather than the better measuring format. Many new LPs are bought by people who stream the same album. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Vinyl passed CD revenue in the late 2010s and kept climbing. The figure is taken from Library of Congress, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.