Nielsen Vinyl Sales

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.

Nielsen vinyl sales.

Overall vinyl album sales enjoyed 11 2 growth to 9 2 million units up almost 1 million copies from the 8 3 million copies scanned during the first half of 2019 thanks to walmart coming to the. 3 according to nielsen. In fact sales of vinyl are actually increasing at a rapid clip. Thanks to record store day 2020 s first drop on aug.

According to nielsen s 2019 year end music report lps accounted for 17 percent of album sales in the united states which is quite substantial. According to nielsen vinyl album sales in the u s. Last year vinyl unit sales totaled 9 2 million up from 6 1 million in 2013. Lil baby s my turn and roddy ricch s the box lead nielsen music mrc data.

Vinyl lp sales grew to over 11 of total physical album sales in 2016. Vinyl album sales surged to a new weekly high in 2020 as 802 000 copies were sold in the week ending sept. Vinyl sales in the united states. The biggest selling vinyl album in the week ending dec.

For the first time in history the internet mail order venue store group led by internet retailers and. Have grown a whopping 260 since 2009. And album sales between january. Overall audio equivalent album units climb 9 audio on demand streams surge 16 and vinyl album sales grow 11.

Further it is the first time vinyl lp sales have surpassed 1 million copies in a single week in the nielsen music era. Vinyl record sales surpassed cds for the first time in decades. This marks 11 years of year over year increases for vinyl lps reaching a record sales level in the nielsen music era since 1991 with over 13 million sales this year. 26 was harry styles.