![]() ![]() The fact that vinyl record sales are still consistently rising year-on-year, despite declines in other areas, is a testament to the vinyl market’s resurgence. Just 32 million CDs were sold in the UK in 2018, which is almost 100 million fewer than were sold in 2008 – a drop of 9.6 million year-on-year. ![]() In fact, the Arctic Monkeys album Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino sold an impressive 38,000 copies in vinyl format last year.īy contrast, the CD market has declined significantly in recent years. Vinyl now accounts for roughly 3% of all music consumed, including digital, streaming, and physical releases. ‘Vinyl now accounts for roughly 3% of all music consumed’ Although the sales of vinyl records in the UK plateaued slightly in 2018, rising by 1.6% from the previous year, the vinyl record market is still in a generally healthy state. This record was broken again in 2017, when the sales of vinyl records rose to 4.1 million. Vinyl sales reached a 25-year high in 2016, with more than 3.2 million records being sold, according to the British Phonographic Industry. In the words of Jon Tolley, owner of the independent record shop Banquet Records: “People are rejecting this part of modern society where everything is immediate and nothing means anything.”Īhead of Record Store Day, we explore why vinyl records are so popular – and why protecting them is a necessity. These figures highlight one thing – that many music listeners still value being able to hold music in their hand, rather than passively experiencing it through a digital medium. An incredible 4.2 million vinyl records were sold in the UK in 2018, while vinyl now accounts for one in ten purchases of music in a physical format. It’s been a record few years for the vinyl industry. ![]()
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