Vinyl Sales 2016 Uk

Vinyl sales topped three million last year the highest uk total in 25 years.

Vinyl sales 2016 uk.

The interest in buying a physical format of music. Up to 80 off over 300 records cds. Last year more than 4 million chart eligible lps were sold in the uk alone a remarkable increase from the 3 2 million records sold in 2016 and this is expected to rise to around 4 5 million in 2019. In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the united states up 14 percent compared to 2018 and more than 20 fold compared to 2006 when the vinyl comeback began.

The vinyl revival shows no sign of slowing down. 21 september 2020 vinyl sales increase year on year in the uk despite pandemic sales are expected to increase further ahead of two record store day drops in september and october. 06 january 2016 official biggest vinyl singles and albums of 2015 revealed it was a big year for the retro black plastic we reveal the top selling vinyl acts and titles of 2015. So how big is vinyl s comeback really.

In 2016 3 2 million vinyl records were sold in the uk the best sale for a quarter of a century. More than 3 2 million records were sold in 2016 a rise of 53 on the previous year according to the bpi which. Today the british phonographic industry bpi has announced that 637 056 lp albums were sold in the first three months of 2016. Pink floyd s the endless river became the fastest selling uk vinyl release of 2014 and the fastest selling since 1997 despite selling only 6 000 copies.

However vinyl sales were still a very small proportion of total music sales.