Rise Of Vinyl Sales

Uk vinyl sales continued to increase in 2019 reports bpi.

Rise of vinyl sales.

M usic purists and nostalgists alike have reason to rejoice. Looking back to 2005 record sales amounted to only 14 million u s. 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. According to data released last week by nielsen soundscan more than 9 2 million vinyl records.

Our favourite albums of 2019. Marking the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth 4 3 million lps were sold in the uk during 2019. Vinyl albums now account for one in every 8 albums purchased in the uk across digital and physical formats. Cd sales the rise and fall of the compact disc by.

New data tells us that. Vinyl sales increased by 55 8 from 2010 to 2011 and then 131 8 from 2011 to 2012. In the uk lp sales have been growing for 12 years reaching 4 3 million in 2019 according to the british phonographic industry. Sales of vinyl records are on the rise.

This chart shows the rise in lp sales in the united states. 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 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. Vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year.

More than 3 2m lps were sold last year a rise of 53 on last year and. There s lots of talk of a resurgence of vinyl records but industry sales numbers drastically understate the size of the market because they don t count used vinyl sales. Furthermore there was an 18 5 year over year increase in sales of new vinyl from 2016 to 2017. Amid all the talk of music streaming and the renaissance of vinyl the continued plummeting of cd sales hasn t been getting a lot of.

In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the united.