CD sales are booming as physical music makes a comeback

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Compact disc sales were up 16% in the first quarter of 2026, with over 16 million discs sold.

Combined physical music sales including vinyl and cassettes were also up by 7.8% in the US, totalling more than 38 million units.

https://www.xxlmag.com/cd-sales-comeback/

https://consequence.net/2026/07/the-cd-revival-is-getting-hard-to-ignore/