Record sales: vinyl hits 25-year high
Digital music and audio | The Guardian 2017-01-11
Summary:
LP sales up by 53% on 2015 after deaths of many music greats throughout the year and a trend for returning to ‘tangible music’
Sales of vinyl in 2016 reached a 25-year high as consumers young and old have once again embraced physical formats of music.
More than 3.2m LPs were sold last year, a rise of 53% on last year and the highest number since 1991 when Simply Red’s Stars was the bestselling album. This was also the first year that spending on vinyl outstripped that spent on digital downloads.
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