Showing posts with label Music Statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Statistics. Show all posts

Thursday 17 October 2013

The vinyl revival: Sales of LP records double in 12 months

Sales of LP records double in 12 months to reach 550,000 thanks to releases by artists including Arctic Monkeys

Vinyl sales have doubled in the past year, with record industry body BPI is predicting that more than 700,000 will be sold by Christmas.

- Vinyl record sales have doubled thanks to famous names releasing LPs
- Around 550,000 have been bought so far in 2012 and could exceed 700,000

Sales of vinyl LP records have doubled in the last 12 months to their highest level for a decade.
Around 550,000 have been bought so far and the record industry body BPI is predicting that more than 700,000 will be sold by Christmas.
An online poll of 1,700 vinyl buyers found that 86 per cent of them said it was their favourite music format. A third of today’s LP fans are aged under 35.

Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2463674/The-vinyl-revival-Sales-LP-records-double-12-months-reach-550-000.html

17 October 2013
www.dailymail.co.uk

Saturday 21 September 2013

Top 30 Best-selling Physical Singles


Top 30 Best Selling Albums of All Time

It has always been very difficult to track exact sales of music throughout the world, but this is as accurate a list as has ever been put together. With the advent of the online digital age, and mp3's being the modern medium of choice, tracking sales is even more difficult. All that to say that other sources may differ a little from this list.