{"name":"VinylAI recorded-music data: every published statement","description":"Each statement VinylAI publishes about recorded-music revenue, with the arithmetic that produced it and the page it appears on. Figures belong to the trade bodies cited; this is a presentation of them.","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Credit the trade body named in each statement; a link to the page lets a reader check it.","retrieved":"2026-09-13","coverage":{"from":1973,"to":2025,"formats":23},"measureWarning":"Country figures use different measures (wholesale revenue, trade revenue, retail turnover, units produced) and are not comparable with one another. The measure is stated in each fact.","pages":[{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","markdown":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/index.md","title":"53 years of U.S. music sales, 23 formats, one dataset","covers":"The hub: the whole dataset, an explorer, and links to each analysis."},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","markdown":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/index.md","title":"Every year of U.S. vinyl revenue: 1978 peak, 2005 floor, 2025 recovery","covers":"The complete year-by-year vinyl series, with every figure in the table."},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","markdown":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/index.md","title":"The CD passed vinyl in 1987. Vinyl took the lead back in 2020.","covers":"The two-format comparison, with both crossover years and the yearly gap."},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/","markdown":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/index.md","title":"23 U.S. music formats since 1973: when each peaked, and what replaced it","covers":"The lifecycle of every format: debut year, peak year, peak share, current state."},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/","markdown":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/index.md","title":"Japan pressed 3.15m vinyl records in 2024","covers":"The full Japanese production series in units and yen, and what it does not measure."}],"dataFiles":[{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/us-recorded-music-by-format.csv","format":"text/csv","covers":"U.S., 23 formats, 1973-2025, nominal and inflation-adjusted"},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/us-recorded-music-by-format.json","format":"application/json","covers":"the same series as JSON"},{"url":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production.csv","format":"text/csv","covers":"Japan, vinyl production, units and yen, 1994-2024"}],"sources":[{"id":"riaa","publisher":"Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)","title":"U.S. Sales Database / U.S. Recorded Music Analysis","url":"https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/","covers":"1973–2025, 23 formats, wholesale revenue, nominal and inflation-adjusted","retrieved":"2026-09-13","note":"Figures were read from the published data extract behind RIAA’s own dashboard, last updated 2 August 2026 — not re-typed from a news report."},{"id":"riaj","publisher":"Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)","title":"RIAJ Yearbook 2025 — Statistics for Physical Products","url":"https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/en/data/","covers":"1994–2024, vinyl production in units and yen","retrieved":"2026-09-13","note":"Parsed from the Yearbook’s own production tables. Every parsed row was checked against the table’s printed Total; all 31 rows reconcile."},{"id":"bpi","publisher":"British Phonographic Industry (BPI)","title":"UK recorded music market 2025","url":"https://www.bpi.co.uk/news/13097053","covers":"2025 vinyl revenue, growth and physical share","retrieved":"2026-09-13"},{"id":"bvmi","publisher":"Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI)","title":"Musikindustrie in Deutschland 2025","url":"https://www.musikindustrie.de/presse/presseinformationen/musikindustrie-in-deutschland-2025","covers":"2025 German market, physical segment, vinyl share and growth","retrieved":"2026-09-13","note":"Read in the German original. BVMI’s English edition renders the 44.2% share ambiguously; the German text attributes it to vinyl (die Schallplatte) unambiguously."},{"id":"snep","publisher":"SNEP","title":"Bilan 2025 du marché de la musique enregistrée","url":"https://snepmusique.com/communiques-dossiers-de-presse/bilan-2025-snep/","covers":"2025 French market and vinyl revenue","retrieved":"2026-09-13"},{"id":"ifpi","publisher":"IFPI","title":"Global Music Report 2026","url":"https://www.ifpi.org/global-music-report-2026-global-recorded-music-revenues-grow-6-4-as-record-companies-drive-innovation/","covers":"2025 global revenue, vinyl and physical growth","retrieved":"2026-09-13"}],"markets":[{"market":"United States","year":2025,"measure":"Wholesale revenue","publisher":"Recording Industry Association of America","published":"2026","url":"https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/","caution":null},{"market":"United Kingdom","year":2025,"measure":"Trade revenue","publisher":"British Phonographic Industry","published":"2026-03-12","url":"https://www.bpi.co.uk/news/13097053","caution":null},{"market":"Germany","year":2025,"measure":"Retail turnover","publisher":"Bundesverband Musikindustrie","published":"2026-02-26","url":"https://www.musikindustrie.de/presse/presseinformationen/musikindustrie-in-deutschland-2025","caution":"BVMI did not publish a standalone vinyl revenue figure for 2025, so none is shown. The 44.2% share is read from the German release; BVMI’s own English translation phrases it ambiguously enough to be read as the CD share, which is how it is sometimes repeated."},{"market":"France","year":2025,"measure":"Trade revenue","publisher":"Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique","published":"2026-03-18","url":"https://snepmusique.com/communiques-dossiers-de-presse/bilan-2025-snep/","caution":null},{"market":"Japan","year":2024,"measure":"Production, not sales","publisher":"Recording Industry Association of Japan","published":"RIAJ Yearbook 2025","url":"https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/en/data/","caution":"Japan reports production shipped by producers, not retail sales, so it is not comparable with the revenue figures above. Full year-by-year series in the Japan section."},{"market":"Global","year":2025,"measure":"Trade revenue","publisher":"International Federation of the Phonographic Industry","published":"2026-03-18","url":"https://www.ifpi.org/global-music-report-2026-global-recorded-music-revenues-grow-6-4-as-record-companies-drive-innovation/","caution":"IFPI’s free report does not break vinyl revenue out by market, so there is no published global vinyl total to quote."}],"factCount":27,"facts":[{"id":"vinyl-latest","statement":"U.S. vinyl revenue reached $1.04bn in 2025 — its highest in nominal dollars since 1982.","basis":"LP/EP, wholesale, 2025. 1982 is the most recent earlier year whose nominal figure was larger.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":1042866521,"unit":"USD","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-latest"},{"id":"vinyl-vs-peak","statement":"Adjusted for inflation, that 2025 figure is 14.1% of vinyl's 1978 peak of $7.41bn in 2025 dollars.","basis":"$1.04bn ÷ $7.41bn, both in 2025 dollars.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":14.079313692391606,"unit":"%","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-vs-peak"},{"id":"vinyl-nominal-peak","statement":"Vinyl's best year in nominal terms remains 1978, at $1.50bn.","basis":"LP/EP, wholesale, nominal dollars, full series.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":1500084934,"unit":"USD","year":1978,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-nominal-peak"},{"id":"vinyl-collapse","statement":"From its 1978 peak to its floor in 2005, U.S. vinyl revenue fell 99.8% in real terms.","basis":"$7.41bn (1978) → $14.2m (2005), in 2025 dollars.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":99.80832878411928,"unit":"%","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-collapse"},{"id":"vinyl-streak","statement":"2025 was vinyl's 20th consecutive year of nominal revenue growth in the United States.","basis":"Counted back from 2025 while each year exceeds the one before it.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":20,"unit":"years","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-streak"},{"id":"vinyl-share","statement":"Vinyl is 9% of all U.S. recorded music revenue in 2025, against 62.4% in 1978.","basis":"LP/EP ÷ the sum of all formats, nominal, each year.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":9.040655464869932,"unit":"%","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-vinyl-share"},{"id":"cd-peak","statement":"No format has matched the CD's 1999 peak of $14.14bn in 2025 dollars.","basis":"CD, wholesale, inflation-adjusted, full series.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":14142495699,"unit":"USD","year":1999,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/#fact-cd-peak"},{"id":"vinyl-floor-year","statement":"U.S. vinyl bottomed out in 2005 at $8.6m — $14.2m in 2025 dollars.","basis":"Lowest value in the LP/EP series after 1980, inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":14197247,"unit":"USD","year":2005,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/#fact-vinyl-floor-year"},{"id":"vinyl-real-equivalent","statement":"In 2025 dollars, vinyl now earns what it last earned in 1987.","basis":"$1.04bn in 2025; 1987 is the most recent earlier year whose inflation-adjusted figure was larger.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":1987,"unit":"year","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/#fact-vinyl-real-equivalent"},{"id":"vinyl-growth-run","statement":"Vinyl has grown every year since its 2005 floor — 20 consecutive years of nominal growth.","basis":"Each year after 2005 exceeds the one before it; 20 of 20 years qualify.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":20,"unit":"years","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/#fact-vinyl-growth-run"},{"id":"vinyl-doubling","statement":"Vinyl revenue in 2025 is more than double what it was as recently as 2019, in 2025 dollars.","basis":"Most recent year whose inflation-adjusted figure is under half of 2025's.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":2019,"unit":"year","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/#fact-vinyl-doubling"},{"id":"vinyl-best-decade","statement":"Vinyl's richest stretch was 1973–1979: $41.96bn in 2025 dollars, when the format was 63.2% of the American music industry.","basis":"Sum of LP/EP, inflation-adjusted, by decade. 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RIAA counts 7-inch singles apart from LP/EP.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":15224417,"unit":"USD","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-sales-by-year/#fact-vinyl-singles"},{"id":"cd-overtook-vinyl","statement":"The CD passed vinyl in U.S. revenue in 1987, 4 years after the format first shows revenue in the series.","basis":"First year CD exceeds LP/EP, inflation-adjusted. CD revenue first appears in 1983.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":1987,"unit":"year","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/#fact-cd-overtook-vinyl"},{"id":"vinyl-retook-lead","statement":"Vinyl took the lead back in 2020 — 33 years later.","basis":"First year after 1987 where LP/EP exceeds CD, inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":33,"unit":"years","year":2020,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/#fact-vinyl-retook-lead"},{"id":"cd-peak-vs-vinyl-now","statement":"At its 1999 peak the CD earned $14.14bn in 2025 dollars — about 14 times what vinyl earns today.","basis":"CD 1999 ÷ LP/EP 2025, both inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":14142495699,"unit":"USD","year":1999,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/#fact-cd-peak-vs-vinyl-now"},{"id":"cd-today","statement":"The CD still earned $312m in 2025, against vinyl's $1.04bn — vinyl now takes 3.3× what the CD does.","basis":"LP/EP ÷ CD, nominal, 2025.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":3.33844320626734,"unit":"ratio","year":2025,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/#fact-cd-today"},{"id":"cd-decline-length","statement":"The CD has fallen from its peak for 26 years and is now 2.2% of what it was, in the same dollars.","basis":"CD 2025 ÷ CD 1999, inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":2.208811617472071,"unit":"%","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/vinyl-vs-cd/#fact-cd-decline-length"},{"id":"industry-peak","statement":"The U.S. recorded music industry peaked in 1999 at $16.01bn in 2025 dollars; 2025 is 72% of that.","basis":"Sum of all 23 formats, inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":16010310685,"unit":"USD","year":1999,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/#fact-industry-peak"},{"id":"longest-reign","statement":"CD held the largest share of U.S. music revenue for 25 straight years, from 1990 to 2014 — the longest run of any format in the series.","basis":"Highest-earning format each year, inflation-adjusted, consecutive years.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":25,"unit":"years","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/#fact-longest-reign"},{"id":"formats-counted","statement":"RIAA has tracked 23 distinct formats since 1973; 7 of them still take at least 1% of revenue.","basis":"Formats whose share of the 2025 total is 1% or more.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":23,"unit":"formats","page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/#fact-formats-counted"},{"id":"peak-decade","statement":"The 1990s were the industry's richest decade at $134.33bn in 2025 dollars.","basis":"Sum of all formats by decade, inflation-adjusted.","source":"RIAA, U.S. wholesale revenue","value":134329075418,"unit":"USD","year":1990,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/music-format-timeline/#fact-peak-decade"},{"id":"jp-latest","source":"RIAJ, production (not sales)","basis":"RIAJ Yearbook 2025 production tables, units and value.","statement":"Japan pressed 3.15m vinyl records in 2024, worth ¥7.89bn at producer prices.","value":3149000,"unit":"units","year":2024,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/#fact-jp-latest"},{"id":"jp-floor","source":"RIAJ, production (not sales)","basis":"RIAJ Yearbook 2025 production tables, units and value. 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Consecutive years of rising unit production ending 2024.","statement":"Japanese vinyl production has risen for 4 consecutive years.","unit":"years","year":2024,"page":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/","anchor":"https://vinylai.app/market/data/japan-vinyl-production/#fact-jp-streak"}]}