According to data reported by Nielson Research Group, 2011 vinyl sales beat 2010 sales by over one million copies. This may sound comforting to fans of the physical format, but the numbers reported for digital sales were much higher and are still rapidly growing. Since we live in a time where things move and change faster and faster each day, humans will more than likely continue to gravitate toward the most simple answer and as a result, sales figures for digital music will continue to increase. Regardless of how people choose to enjoy music, I feel that vinyl records will eventually triumph once again. Here are a few reasons that vinyl has my vote!
Read them over at NOISEY HERE.
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