Music fans discuss CDs' decline as vinyl's resurgence reclaims its place in listening trends.

Vinyl sales have been steadily increasing for 16 years, well after modern innovations like compact discs (CDs) and MP3s made old-fashioned records seemingly obsolete.

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

Somehow, someway, vinyl records keep defying the odds. Despite falling firmly behind compact disc sales for decades, the vintage physical music medium returned to the top spot in 2022 for the ...

There was something 'magnificently innocent' about vinyl LPs. Maybe that's why, after CDs drove records into 20 years of obscurity, vinyl started to make a comeback.

If you are making music, which one is better: CD or vinyl? Since the vinyl record format’s recent comeback, there has been an increasing discourse about what physical audio format is better between ...

CDs cost significantly less to produce than vinyl records, and are therefore significantly less expensive. In the used market especially, CDs can go for very cheap prices.

Could vinyl outlast the compact disc in the long run? Five years ago that notion would have seemed laughable. Now industry insiders are taking the possibility seriously.

It's rare to find a hi-fi that can play vinyl records these days but now you can convert them into digital format and enjoy them on your iPod or other MP3 player – and put your records into storage.