Special-edition vinyl albums delight some fans, others suspect cynical marketing ploy

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By Glenn Fosbraey | University of Winchester Streaming may still be the preferred method of music consumption for the vast majority of us in 2024, but vinyl, cassettes, and even the long-unloved CD format have shown resurgence in recent years.

Streaming may still be the preferred method of music consumption for the vast majority of us in 2024, but vinyl, cassettes, and even the long-unloved CD format have shown resurgence in recent years.

“THE loyalty of fans has been exploited ever since big business realized music could be commercialized,” writes the story’s author, the Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Winchester in the United Kingdom. A few days later, another special edition, with a fourth bonus track, was made available. With no way to buy the bonus tracks separately, if fans wanted to get all the songs, they’d have to shell out over £135 for the privilege, all encouraged by Swift.It’s not just Swift, of course. Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine album, released in March 2024 came in five CD and six vinyl variants, as well as a deluxe edition.

A 2021 poll suggested that 67 percent of fans of ATEEZ were under the age of 17, Grande has a target market of 13- to 21-year-olds, and although Styles is more popular among millennial fans, his appearances on the cover ofIt’s not only Gen Z audiences that are being targeted, though. Millennials like me are also being suckered in by the allure of special editions.

 

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