Vinyl Sales Statistics Uk

Vinyl albums now account for one in every 8 albums purchased in the uk across digital and physical formats.

Vinyl sales statistics uk.

In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the united states up 14 percent. Vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year. Vinyl sales topped three million last year the highest uk total in 25 years. 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.

Last year 4 1 million were picked up by eager buyers an increase of 1 852 percent. Back in 2007 there were roughly 210 thousand new vinyl albums sold in the uk. More than 3 2 million records were sold in 2016 a rise of 53 on the previous year according to the bpi which. More than one million vinyl records have been sold in the uk so far this year the first time the milestone has been achieved since 1996.

On a value basis physical music sales were down 16 6 to 383 2m last year according to era. After a decade of growth uk vinyl album sales grew by just 1 6 last year to 4 2m. Social media statistics facts. Vinyl has enjoyed another surge in sales from 2016 rex some critics were sceptical as to whether it would last through 2017 but it seems music fans are continuing to purchase more vinyl than ever.

Uk album download unit sales were down 26 3 to just 10 2m in 2018 while cd sales fell 23 1 to 32m. And to cap it off the vinyl revival appears to be losing its shine. 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.