The Vinyl Comeback Within the Big Picture of Music Sales

Source of both graphs:  Koltais Whatif.

Passion for vinyl is spreading to a new generation of music lovers. (Appleton Post-Crescent, 11/7/2011)

Excerpt:   Vinyl records, you see, are making a small comeback in a not-so-profitable music industry. While the numbers certainly aren't massive, sales rose 14 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to SoundScan, the Nielsen Co. sales record, and the Billboard 2010 Music Industry Report. In 2009, 2.5 million vinyl albums were sold; in 2010 the number rose to 2.8 million.

Of the Top 10-selling vinyl artists and albums in 2010, 60 percent featured indie acts and 40 percent were from classic rock acts.

Looking at the big picture, though, we see it's a very small blip on the screen. Undetectable unless you look very close.