Uk Vinyl Sales 2016
However vinyl sales were still a very small proportion of total music sales.
Uk vinyl sales 2016. The vinyl revival shows no sign of slowing down. Last year 4 1 million were picked up by eager buyers an increase of 1 852 percent. This statistic displays share of album sales going on vinyl albums in the united kingdom uk from 2009 to 2016. More than 3 2 million records were sold in 2016 a rise of 53 on the previous year according to the bpi which.
Pink floyd s the endless river became the fastest selling uk vinyl release of 2014 and the fastest selling since 1997 despite selling only 6 000 copies. Official vinyl albums chart top 40 25 september 2020 01 october 2020 compiled by the official charts company the uk s biggest vinyl albums of the week based on sales across a seven day period. Uk vinyl sales up 61 8 yoy in q1 2016. In 2009 vinyl albums accounted for 0 2 percent of all album sales and this figure.
Vinyl sales hit 2 4m last week compared with the 2 1m made from. The amount of money spent on vinyl records in the uk overtook that spent on digital downloads. In 2016 3 2 million vinyl records were sold in the uk the best sale for a quarter of a century. 2016 was the ninth year in a row that vinyl sales had increased by 44 compared to.
Vinyl sales are still on the rise in the uk with nearly 640k lps purchased in q1 2016 a figure that s up 61 8 on the same period in 2015 according to bpi and official charts company research. Vinyl sales made the record industry 2 4m while downloads took in 2 1m the entertainment retailers association era said. Would now be outselling it in 2016. The last time such a figure was spent was in 1991 when simply red s stars was the best seller of that year.
Uk hospitality sector. Vinyl sales topped three million last year the highest uk total in 25 years. Back in 2007 there were roughly 210 thousand new vinyl albums sold in the uk.