So let's talk $$$ here...

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Isn't vinyl dead? Isn't it a thing of the past? 

Well.. Yes... but that doesn't seem to stop sales. Last year record sales jumped up by almost 3 million more records sold than the previous year. Sales are now 13 times what they were in 2006. To be clear, 11.9 records were sold in 2015. Big chains are begin to sell records as well, not just local shops. (though I would argue those are still the best and least expensive) Urban Outfitters has begun to sell vinyl, Barnes and Noble, and even Best Buy. 

The records that are being sold are not just old records, but newly released albums are being transferred to vinyl format. The number one best selling album of 2015 was Adele's 25, following that was Taylor Swift's 1989. Others on the top ten are Arctic Monkeys, Alabama Shakes, and Hozier. So as you can tell, the albums being sold are from new artists.