Nielsen Soundscan Vinyl Record Sales

And the steady increase in unit growth is showing no signs of well skipping.

Nielsen soundscan vinyl record sales.

In 2018 vinyl album sales represented 11 9 of all album sales in the u s. 67 of all vinyl albums were purchased at an independent music store. Of that figure 18 84 million were vinyl which is up over 14 from the year prior according to data shared by nielsen music in its annual year end report on how the music industry is doing. 30 2013 through dec.

Cd album sales comprised 54 19. According to nielsen vinyl album sales in the u s. 7 2015 nielsen the music industry s leading data information provider announces today the 2014 u s. The criteria are that the album must have been published including self publishing by the artist and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the riaa.

It s expected that 2019 will mark yet another big year for vinyl once the 2019 nielsen music tracking. In fact sales of vinyl are actually increasing at a rapid clip. And album sales between january. Vinyl had a renaissance at retail by experiencing sales growth for the 12th consecutive year comprising 14 of all physical album sales.

The top selling vinyl lp of the year was the re release of the beatles sgt. Have grown a whopping 260 since 2009. Album sales last posted a yearly gain in 2011 when volume was up by 1 3. Soundscan data is unrelated to the recording industry association of america riaa certifications and is based on actual sales while the riaa s certification process is based on shipments.

This is a list of the best selling albums in the united states based on riaa certification and nielsen soundscan sales tracking. The albums released prior to march 1991 should be included with their certified units. Physical album sales cd vinyl cassette etc in 2019 decreased by 15 to 73 5 million. Pepper s lonely hearts club band.

Last year vinyl unit sales totaled 9 2 million up from 6 1 million in 2013. This is a list of best selling albums in the united states of the nielsen soundscan era soundscan began tracking sales data for billboard on march 1 1991. Music year end report for the 12 month period of dec.