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Vinyl records outsold CDs for the second year running

Taylor Swift had a lot to do with it, from the looks of things.

Now, new numbers released by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) indicate that wasn’t just a random fluke—yet again, vinyl outsold CDs for a second year running in 2023. After spending decades as listeners’ go-to physical music medium, vinyl records finally passed the torch over to CDs back in 1987. For the next 35 years, that dynamic remained the same, with CDs’ comparative portability, durability, and overall audio quality making them the preferred method of enjoying music.

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