Vinyl Sales Chart 2016

Vinyl lp sales which have reached an all time nielsen music era high volume of 13m units increased for the 11th consecutive year in 2016.

Vinyl sales chart 2016. This chart shows the rise in lp sales in the united states. Last year sales hit a 21 year high of 2 1 million and the bpi said 2016 would see them more than double the 1 44 million lps sold in 1994 when official charts data based on record sales alone began. Troglite april 21 2016. Official vinyl albums chart top 40 02 october 2020 08 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.

Consumers bought 100 3 million album units a number that accounts for digital downloads cds and vinyl in the first half of 2016 down 13 6 percent compared to the same time period in 2015. The top vinyl lp of the year was twenty one pilots blurryface with david bowie s blackstar and adele s 25 finishing close behind. By stark contrast genres like edm and country are barely a blip on vinyl sales charts. The riaa provides the most comprehensive data on u s.

The highest sales level since the early 1900s. I think the entire spike in vinyl sales is broadly misunderstood. In 2009 vinyl albums accounted for 0 2 percent of all album sales and this figure rose to 4 7 percent in 2016 2 1 percent increase compared to 2015. Recorded music revenues and shipments dating all the way back to 1973.

In 2019 18 8 million lps were sold in the united. Vinyl album sales in the united states have grown for the 14th consecutive year. 2016 was the ninth year in a row that vinyl sales had increased by 44 compared to.