The invention of the Compact Disc (CD) caused vinyl music records to fall out of popularity over 30 years ago. But sales of vinyl records have been growing for the past 10 years. The COVID-19 pandemic only increased sales. In 2021, money earned from “vinyl” sales was greater than $1 billion for the first time since CDs took over the market. Vinyl records, made out of a kind of plastic, had been the main method for listening to music until the 1980s, when CDs took their place. As a result, many factories that produced vinyl records were shut down. Mark Michaels is head of United Records, based in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. The company is the largest record producer in the United States. He said the industry “has found a new gear, and is accelerating at a new pace.” Many of the new customers are old enough to have listened to records during their childhood or young adulthood. But the recent increase in “vinyl” sales is not just from older buyers. A younger generation is buying records. More current artists are meeting the new demand. They have begun releasing their newest records on vinyl as well as the normal electronic releases.
Title: Producers Trying to Keep Up with Growing Vinyl Record Sales
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5568/A5.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Producers Trying to Keep Up with Growing Vinyl Record Sales' data-article-id='6167'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12208'>The invention of the Compact Disc (CD) caused vinyl music records to fall out of popularity over 30 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='12208' data-end-time='20563'>But sales of vinyl records have been growing for the past 10 years. </span> <span data-start-time='20563' data-end-time='27333'>The COVID-19 pandemic only increased sales.</span> <span data-start-time='27333' data-end-time='43729'>In 2021, money earned from “vinyl” sales was greater than $1 billion for the first time since CDs took over the market.</span> <span data-start-time='43729' data-end-time='63313'>Vinyl records, made out of a kind of plastic, had been the main method for listening to music until the 1980s, when CDs took their place. </span> <span data-start-time='63313' data-end-time='72271'>As a result, many factories that produced vinyl records were shut down.</span> <span data-start-time='72271' data-end-time='81250'>Mark Michaels is head of United Records, based in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. </span> <span data-start-time='81250' data-end-time='88333'>The company is the largest record producer in the United States. </span> <span data-start-time='88333' data-end-time='98854'>He said the industry “has found a new gear, and is accelerating at a new pace.”</span> <span data-start-time='98854' data-end-time='110458'>Many of the new customers are old enough to have listened to records during their childhood or young adulthood. </span> <span data-start-time='110458' data-end-time='119208'>But the recent increase in “vinyl” sales is not just from older buyers.</span> <span data-start-time='119208' data-end-time='124313'>A younger generation is buying records. </span> <span data-start-time='124313' data-end-time='128792'>More current artists are meeting the new demand. </span> <span data-start-time='128792' data-end-time='139729'>They have begun releasing their newest records on vinyl as well as the normal electronic releases.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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