Old recordings outsell new recordings

[GA Russell]

First time in history.

http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/01/20/old-music-is-outselling-new-music-for-the-first-time-in-history/

[danasgoodstuff]

I'm only surprised it took this long...

[JSngry]

Catalog!

[BFrank]

I think it's only because older music fans are more likely to pay for recorded music. I don't think that streaming is taken into account here.

[six string]

I agree.  There are a lot of factors at play here.  

[David Ayers]

Weirdly,classical music seems to have gone the opposite way. The old emphasis was on catalog and classic recordings, and sales were 80:20, old to new. I read that this basically reversed although I can't remember what to and don't have a link. Those megaboxes of back catalog from the majors are evidently the answer to that and will no doubt have changed the economics again.