Sales of CDs are booming, with the RIAA reporting that 17.5 million CDs were sold by the music industry in the first half of the year, up 45.7 percent year over year, fueled in large part by BTS and young listeners preferring them as collectibles. While they’re not quite vinyl — which moved 26.5 million units for $543.8 billion — that is still a $171.1 million revenue stream for the music industry. According to the report, half of buyers of CDs do not in fact own a CD player.
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