According to a newly released report from trade group BVMI, Germany’s music industry experienced solid growth in 2019, including a double-digit jump in vinyl sales.
Especially interesting is that even though Germany speaks a different language, is located on a different continent, and has a population that’s less than one-third the size of America’s, its 2019 music-industry numbers bear a striking resemblance to the U.S. figures that were recently reported by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

