Vinyl Sales 2018

Nielsen music has released the key stats for the first half of 2018 in the u s with streaming and to a lesser extent vinyl sales leading the growth spurt.

Vinyl sales 2018.

Despite the steep decline in cd sales and slowing of vinyl sales growth physical sales including cd and vinyl still accounted for nearly 2 billion in the uk. Roughly 100 000 more than in 2017. Vinyl grew as overall physical album sales continued to drop. The riaa recently revealed vinyl sales jumped 13 in the first half of 2018 over the same period last year.

Vinyl sales in the united states. Uk vinyl sales continued to increase in 2019 reports bpi. Thanks in part to the best sales ever from this year s record store day in april sales of vinyl lps surged another 19 in the first half of 2018 compared to the first six months of 2017. Our favourite albums of 2019 marking the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth 4 3 million lps were sold in the uk during 2019.

A 4 1 increase on the previous year. Cds accounted for 60 7 million units in 2018 compared to 74 5 million in. In 2017 the format comprised 6 5 percent of album sales. Just last week we reported that sales of vinyl records were up 19 2 percent for the first half of.

In 2017 there were 300 000 vinyl lps sold but that number jumped to 400 000 vinyl lps in 2018. Vinyl lp sales accounted for 11 9 percent of all album sales in 2018 16 8 million of 141 million. A total of 4 2 million vinyl albums were sold in the uk over the past year a 1 6 increase over 2017 reports the bbc. 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.

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. Up 9 3 over 2016 vinyl sales have now experienced growth 12 years straight. The retailers that do report their new vinyl sales include amazon which accounts for the bulk of online sales and specialized retailers like urban outfitters hastings hot topic and fye which.