Vinyl Sales Figures 2014

Even more startlingly are the figures on digital sales.

Vinyl sales figures 2014.

Sales value in the united kingdom uk 2010 2018 audio equipment used for music listening south korea 2017 u s. In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the united states. While overall album sales were down again in 2014 vinyl album sales were a bright spot in an otherwise generally bleak sales picture sales of the configuration grew by 52 percent in 2014 to 9 2. 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. Resilient flooring market size from 2015 to 2025 by product. It is still a small amount compared to downloads and cd sales accounting for 0 7 of. Vinyl continues to be a noteworthy music industry trend and in 2014 the 12 inch had its best year in decades selling 9 2 million units.

While nielsen revealed that streaming was also up purchases of digital downloads dropped 9 for albums and 12 for songs in 2014. Most of us did write off vinyl he told the bbc. That s a 51 8 percent increase over 2013 and vinyl. Factoring in the christmas market the sales could reach as high as 1 2m by the year s end.

Figures from the british phonographic industry bpi show almost 550 000 lps have been sold so far in 2013. The 2014 figure is another big leap on the previous year when 780 000 vinyl records were sold. Vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year.