Making Vinyl Europe 2024

This presentation will provide a view of the performance of the global recorded music industry in 2023, with figures taken from IFPI’s Global Music Report and from IFPI’s Global Charts. We will first take a look at the recorded music market as a whole, identifying which markets, formats and trends have driven revenue growth for industry. We’ll then look specifically at vinyl sales and discuss which markets have been driving the format’s growth. Finally, we’ll look at which artists have been driving vinyl’s continued growth, using IFPI’s Global Charts data.

Hear all the details on this ambitious project: Each 140g LP, which is produced as an EcoRecord and contains around nine recycled PET plastic bottles from post-consumer waste, and the CD version, which is released as an EcoCD and consists of 90% recycled polycarbonate, which also comes from post-consumer waste, are said to be “world firsts”. For the LP record version, the PET plastic bottles were collected from post-consumer waste - including from rivers in Guatemala by the globally active NGO organization The Ocean Cleanup - and then processed at Sonopress into EcoRecord and the finished product.

Discover how recycled vinyl record compounds are driving sustainability in the music industry. This presentation will explore the innovative use of post-consumer (PCR) recycled materials, from second-hand record shops, highlighting the challenges and innovations in recycling. Learn how this initiative not only reduces carbon footprints but also appeals to a new generation of environmentally conscious music lovers.

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