US vinyl revenue passed one point zero four billion dollars in twenty twenty-five. That was the first time since nineteen eighty-three. A format declared dead had returned.
F1
no take
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Vinyl now outsells CDs three to one
cs2
live · 0 of 6 readywriting the scriptAwaiting approval
The film
The board
Six blocks, one per beat. Each card shows the provider that actually ran — a fallback nobody can see in the record is a substitution, not a fallback.
CDs had nearly killed vinyl in the eighties. Then streaming arrived and seemed poised to finish it. Yet vinyl kept climbing anyway, nineteen consecutive years running.
F2
no take
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The numbers tell the story. Forty-six point eight million LPs sold against twenty-nine point five million CDs. Vinyl brought in more than three times CD revenue.
F3
no take
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Vinyl brought in more than three times CD revenue. Meanwhile, CD revenue fell eleven point six percent to three hundred twelve point four million dollars.
F3
no take
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This climb started a decade ago. In twenty sixteen, vinyl revenue was only two hundred twenty-four million dollars. The growth since then has been relentless.
F5
no take
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Streaming dominates recorded music. Yet vinyl, the oldest format in the room, now outsells every other physical medium by a margin of three to one.
F3
no take
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Run log
Every submission, rejection, retry and take measurement, newest first. This is literally the audit trail rendered.
- 01:46:23script6 blocks written
- 01:46:23decision.scriptpass — 6 blocks, every claim traced to a fact after 5 repair pass(es) — F4 entered but unused after an explicit ask