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Why Vinyl’s Next Growth Wave Will Be Sparked by Emerging Artists

By Tony van Veen

Wed Jul 1st, 2026 14:37:55

By Disc Makers' Author Tony van Veen

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

For nearly two decades, the vinyl revival has been driven from the top down: collectors rediscovering old classics, audiophiles rebuilding collections, major labels mining their catalogs, and — in recent years — blockbuster artists selling multiple variants of the same album to highly engaged superfans. Altogether, they transformed vinyl from a format that was all but dead into a billion-dollar business again.

But after spending nearly 40 years working with independent artists at Disc Makers , I believe the next phase of vinyl growth is going to come from somewhere very...

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