Vinyl Sales Trend

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

Vinyl sales trend.

If the trend continues vinyl lps will be the most purchased form of physical albums. 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. The artists benefiting from vinyl sales also vary in age and era. Vinyl revenue grew by 12 8 in.

There s no one generation driving the trend. In 2019 18 8 million lps. This is the definitive source of revenue data for the recorded music industry in the united states. The first half of 2019 saw a 12 9 growth of vinyl sales while cd sales stayed stagnant.

Millennials and gen zers are just as likely to buy vinyl as baby boomers and gen xers. 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. The riaa provides the most comprehensive data on u s. Vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year.

Marking the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth 4 3 million lps were sold in the uk during 2019. Sales of vinyl in 2016 reached a 25 year high as consumers young and old have once again embraced physical formats of music. For more in depth analysis of 2019 data and trends. For the first time since the 1980s vinyl record sales have overtaken cds signaling a new trend in the way americans consume music.

Digital trend reports. Uk vinyl sales continued to increase in 2019 reports bpi. Overview and forecasts on trending topics. Vinyl records seem.

Recorded music revenues and shipments dating all the way back to 1973.