According to the RIAA, It doesn't look good for physical media

On the bright side, the total is up 5.6%. Very interesting that 85% of the total is streaming. And encouraging that sales are trending up from the 2014 low, which was way down from the historical peak in 1999. By subscribing we are “buying” music! 

I may be one of the very few remaining who love buying and having CDs.  I purchase a lot of them.  A lot.  I like owning music vs renting it.  

CDs still ship more units (10.6 million to 8.8 million), but LPs have surpassed them in $ amount shipped (CD - $130 million to LP - $232 million)

This statement is misleading.
The statistic of dollar amount of LP’s exceeding CD can be explained by higher pricing of LP’s per unit. Vinyl can be more than 2x the price of a CD.

It is inevitable that units of LP will overtake CD.

Millerc, you have a point, definitely, but as I sit here listening to Steve Earle (who I think is a major a-hole) playing Christmas In Washington on repeat (CD, Luxman SACD D-05u, thru a Lyric integrated out to a pair of JBL L100 classics-my second system) I am a happy person. I do not care about there being a better recording/pressing of this, or any other music, its the pleasure it bring me, and it does. I understand your point, or I think I do, I simply find pleasure all around, even with CDs over this system. Oh my, do I ever love it!