Swift leads with 1.6m vinyl sales of The Life of a Showgirl in 2025 while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the LP charts
For the first time in over four decades, US vinyl sales have topped $1bn in annual revenue.
Vinyl purchases reached $1.04bn in 2025, per a new report by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) published on 16 March. It marks the 19th consecutive year of growth for the format that was once considered a niche interest.
Vinyl sales grossed 46.8m in 2025, marking a rise of 7.9% from 2024’s takings of 43.4m. CD sales brought in less than a third of vinyl’s profits with $312.4m in revenue, while other physical formats such as cassettes brought in $25.8m.
The explosive resurgence of vinyl has been led by Taylor Swift’s canny marketing of the format as a collectible. Her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl was last year’s bestselling vinyl release, with 1.6m vinyl sales alone.
