Vinyl Sales By Year 2019

The highest since 1988.

Vinyl sales by year 2019.

Krqe reports that consumers bought 224 million worth of vinyl records in 2019. So far this year vinyl sales have grossed 224 1 million. The 2020s have officially begun but based on the music collections of many people today the 1970s never ended. The official list of record store day 2019 releases climbing 8 from 2017 revenue from vinyl sales now accounts for a more than one third of all physical formats.

In 2019 americans purchased 73 5 million albums in some physical format be it cd vinyl or even cassette tape which is also enjoying a surge in popularity though a much less pronounced one. While cd sales are. Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in. Well looking at the final line graph it appears that vinyl revenue is increasing and cd disc revenue is decreasing.

In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the. Furthermore there was an 18 5 year over year increase in sales of new vinyl from 2016 to 2017. 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. Vinyl albums now account for one in every 8 albums purchased in the uk across digital and physical.

Marking the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth 4 3 million lps were sold in the uk during 2019. The riaa s mid year report for 2019 was released thursday and vinyl sales have increased even more from last year. If this deceleration continues 2019 may mark the the format s last year of. The recording industry association of america riaa has published its end of year report for 2018 with revenue from vinyl sales in the us reaching its highest point since 1988.

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. Our favourite albums of 2019. The original question was whether vinyl sales will generate more revenue than cds in 2019 and whether or not that s a big deal. Uk vinyl sales continued to increase in 2019 reports bpi.