Vinyl Sales On The Increase

A 26 8 per cent increase year on year which pushes vinyl sales.

Vinyl sales on the increase.

Marking the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth 4 3 million lps were sold in the uk during 2019. 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 sales increased by 55 8 from 2010 to 2011 and then 131 8 from 2011 to 2012. Vinyl sales for the first half of the year were up by more than 33 compared with last year s figures according to a new report from discogs.

Sales of vinyl in 2016 reached a 25 year high as consumers young and old have once again embraced physical formats of music. Vinyl albums now account for one in every 8 albums purchased in the uk across digital and physical formats. 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.

How record shops are getting vinyl to you during the coronavirus pandemic more than 5 800 000 records were sold on the platform between january and june 2020 a significant chunk of the 7 657 626. Vinyl sales have been steadily increasing in recent years but this increase is a particularly impressive feat for the format after the pandemic caused record shops to close for several months. With almost six million records sold. Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in.

Uk vinyl sales continued to increase in 2019 reports bpi. M usic purists and nostalgists alike have reason to rejoice. 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.

According to data released last week by nielsen soundscan more than 9 2 million vinyl records. Our favourite albums of 2019. The physical format accounted for one in ever 10 physical music sale over the past four months according to the annual bpi report.