The Rise Of Vinyl Records

Vinyl sales have been rising for years.

The rise of vinyl records. Line item vendor line item variant title line item product title line item quantity x line item original price money pretty. Sales of vinyl in 2016 reached a 25 year high as consumers young and old have once again embraced physical formats of music. In the first half of 2015 sales were up 52 percent by value and now account for 30 percent of the value of physical media. Last year marking a 52 increase over the year before.

The wall street journal. Happily this has led to the creation of the official vinyl albums chart top 40 and official vinyl singles chart top 40 combining sales of 7 and. Aug 27 2020 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. 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.

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. Vinyl is everything that modern consumers shouldn t want. According to data released last week by nielsen soundscan more than 9 2 million vinyl records were sold in the u s. Music industry watchers know that vinyl records have been enjoying a resurgence since their near death in the mid 2000s and the market continues to grow.

Nielsen music also reported a similar spike. More than 3 2m lps were sold last year a rise of 53 on last year and. But they do want vinyl. It all seems so improbable.

Since the turn of the millennium cds have been partially replaced by digital downloads and streaming services. At a 20 1 increase over 2016 s numbers vinyl records sales actually increased. In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold. Recently released figures from the official charts company reveal that sales of vinyl lps are continuing the trend in 2015 up a whole 69 per cent during the first quarter compared to the same period in 2014.