When did vinyl become mainstream again?

Does anyone have an approximation of when vinyl began becoming super mainstream. I want to say it was around 2014, but maybe some people could provide sources, charts, graphs, etc. Thanks!

 

I started buying LPs again about 12 years ago.

I've felt better ever since!

 

I'm not really sure..

I don't think it ever really went away, but I'd say it became 'mainstream' again within the last five years. A lot of people unimpressed with downloads and sick of brickwalled CDs have moved to vinyl.

 

I just returned to vinyl recently, and I'm really enjoying it. It's nice to have a physical copy of the music in your hand. The idea of getting completely immersed in an album really hits you when you are at home listening to a vinyl record.

 

Its not mainstream.

 

it really began with the popularization of DJ culture in the mid-late 90s. think odelay and certain rock bands incorporating a full-time DJ member.

then it spread to music heads in general, then to the music-interested public at large. this is when I noticed vinyl prices at used record stores starting to inflate and unexpected people beginning to own records. I'd say this was 2005 or so.

by 2010, the whole thing had exploded into the general mainstream. vinyl was appearing at places like urban outfitters and records I bought for a dollar of which there were previously dozens and dozens of used copies (looking at you, aja) suddenly held some value.

it's still kind of weird. I miss wings albums complete with tchotchkes for $1 (I have ten band on the run posters), and crazy finds like cabaret voltaire for $2.50.

 

When the only record player in Curry's (an UK electrical store) is a pink colored Crosley with in built speakers, then it's not mainstream.

 

I think it happened pretty soon after the marketing board meetings wrapped up.

 

I dunno. I'm seeing vinyl and turntables in just every advertisement where there is an element of coolness in a home setting. I don't see any eight tracks...lol

 

Its not mainstream, its still a niche product. Yes, lp's have made somewhat of a comeback, but they still trail just about every other format out there, other than extremely niche stuff like cassette or reel to reel.

 

It is not mainstream~

 

Despite a huge bump in sales, it never got into the mainstream and it's very unlikely to get the same market share as streaming and CDs.
It's a niche that grew much bigger, but still a niche.

 

It's art, poetry. You can smell it and hold it, look at it and turn it around and kiss it and treat it with caution or use it as a freesbee. It's for people with a broader horizon and an improved sense of smell, touch, sound, etc....

 

Is there some new definition of mainstream i don't know about.

 

I agree with the "it's not mainstream" sentiment.

Apart from that: I saved a clipping from a Dutch newspaper from 1995 (yes, 1995) that talks about 'the comeback of the LP', with a smaller headline that reads 'Dutch music industry responds sceptically'. Meanwhile someone has confirmed that they've seen articles from at least a year earlier that state the same. It's all just history repeating itself

 

That's an understatement

 

It's certainly still not mainstream, but vinyl has become popular every year ever since I started collecting in 2003.

 

Looking forward to all the sources, charts, graphs, etc.

 

vinyl is not mainstream again in any way shape or form. it is a niche thing right now and is most likely destined to fade away again. it is a fad right now and it is cool among kids because their parents had CD's and they are trying to be different.

every single release on friday is released on CD, and the older music is getting re-released on CD weekly also.

this in NOT happening with vinyl. it seem that way on this forum because many of the people here still like vinyl, and that's OK, it just isn't like that in the world out there.

 

last mainstream about 1990

 

Same thread. Different title . Here we go again.

 

It's not, but the appeal for consumers outside of hardcore music fans has certainly increased over the last five years. If you're just living on the Internet and buying your records from Amazon, etc., you're not seeing it, but if you go into actual stores, aging male music fans are far from the only ones buying vinyl at this point. Whether the renewed appeal of vinyl is sustainable over any kind of long term is open to debate, obviously, but there has definitely been a shift in the public perception of a format once considered dead.

 

I don't know what new releases you're talking about, but I haven't bought a CD in close to a decade at this point and every new release I've wanted -- new content or reissue -- is readily available on vinyl.

 

It's Wednesday.

We have a fresh new Loudness Wars thread started up down the page as well. Have you heard of The Loudness Wars? Check out the charts and graphs!

 

Mainstream? I have the biggest vinyl collection of anyone I personally know, 2 LPs.