CD sales are booming as physical media continues its resurgence
CD sales are booming as physical media continues its resurgence
CD 销量激增，实体媒体持续复苏
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report from the organization says 17.5 million CDs were sold in the first six months of the year, up from just 12 million during the same period in 2025. That’s a jump of 45.7 percent, and 58.6 percent in dollars, which reached $171.1 million. What makes this all the more shocking is that CD sales actually shrank 22 percent from 2024 to 2025.
根据美国唱片业协会（RIAA）的数据，2026 年上半年 CD 销量出现爆发式增长。该机构的一份新报告显示，今年前六个月 CD 销量达到 1750 万张，而 2025 年同期仅为 1200 万张。这一数字增长了 45.7%，销售额更是增长了 58.6%，达到 1.711 亿美元。更令人震惊的是，CD 销量在 2024 年至 2025 年间实际上还萎缩了 22%。
The RIAA isn’t the only one to notice the boom in CD sales. In July, research firm Luminate released a report saying that 16.3 million units were sold in the first half of 2026. It suggested that much of that increase was due to special editions from K-Pop acts like BTS and that Gen Z and millennials were treating them mostly as collectibles, saying that only about half of buyers actually owned a CD player.
并非只有 RIAA 注意到了 CD 销量的激增。研究公司 Luminate 在 7 月发布的一份报告显示，2026 年上半年 CD 销量为 1630 万张。报告指出，销量增长很大程度上归功于 BTS 等 K-Pop 艺人推出的特别版专辑，且 Z 世代和千禧一代主要将其视为收藏品，因为据称只有约一半的购买者真正拥有 CD 播放器。
Vinyl continued its resurgence as well, with the number of units sold climbing by nearly 21 percent from last year to 26.5 million. “Other physical” media, which includes CD singles, DVDs, cassettes, SACD, DVD-Audio… basically anything besides “standard vinyl and CD albums,” also surged by over 73 percent, to 1.6 million units.
黑胶唱片也延续了复苏势头，销量较去年增长近 21%，达到 2650 万张。“其他实体”媒体（包括 CD 单曲、DVD、磁带、SACD、DVD-Audio 等，基本上除了“标准黑胶和 CD 专辑”之外的所有介质）也激增了超过 73%，达到 160 万张。
Despite the increased interest in physical media and the ongoing iPod revival, people are not leaving streaming in droves. Streaming revenue grew by 4.7 percent to $4.9 billion — dwarfing all physical media combined.
尽管人们对实体媒体的兴趣日益浓厚，且 iPod 复兴潮仍在持续，但人们并没有大规模放弃流媒体。流媒体收入增长了 4.7%，达到 49 亿美元，这一数字远超所有实体媒体收入的总和。