Vinyl Sales 2015

2014 witnessed vinyl lp sales reaching a 20 year high in the uk at 1 29 million following seven years of unbroken growth and now new official charts company data for the first quarter of 2015.

Vinyl sales 2015.

Vinyl sales continued to grow in 2015 showing a 38 4 percent increase from 2014 with 5 6 million units moved year to date that means 2015 is on track to be the eighth. Vinyl really was the gift that kept giving with music retailer hmv selling a turntable a minute over the festive period and strong christmas gifting taking sales of vinyl records in 2015 up a. Continuing one of the more surprising comebacks of the digital age vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year. Vinyl records earned 224 1 million on 8 6 million units in the first half of 2019 closing in on the 247 9 million on 18 6 million units generated by cd sales.

Lp shipments increased 52 percent to 222 million for the first half of 2015. The analogue format made of polyvinyl chloride had been the main vehicle for the commercial distribution of pop music from the 1950s until the 1980s and 1990s when they were largely replaced by the compact disc cd. The vinyl revival is the renewed interest and increased sales of vinyl records or gramophone records that has been taking place in the western world since about 2007. In 2015 sales of vinyl records in the united states grew by an astounding 30 percent.

That figure brought the total number of records sold to just under 12 million 11 92 million to be exact up. According to data released last week by nielsen soundscan more. Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in. January 13 2015 11 43 am est m usic purists and nostalgists alike have reason to rejoice.