Top Vinyl Sales 2017

Further vinyl album sales were driven by an array of titles not just a handful of hot sellers.

Top vinyl sales 2017.

Vinyl records just scored an all time sales record. The top selling vinyl lp of the year was the re release of the beatles sgt. Of course we are a super small yet fun and funky record store so our vinyl record sales don t count much towards the ultimate numbers for 2017. Vinyl had a renaissance at retail by experiencing sales growth for the 12th consecutive year comprising 14 of all physical album sales.

In total 77 different titles each sold more than 20 000 copies on vinyl lp in 2017 as compared to. Nielsen music s mid year album charts has revealed that vinyl album sales have continued to grow up 2 from 6 22 million to 6 36 million in the usa in the first six months of 2017. 14 of the top selling albums of the year were reissues with amy winehouse s back to black making the top 5 for the third year in a row. Vinyl 12 singles sales grew 4 350 percent to 89 000 for the week compared to just.

Pepper s lonely hearts club band. That said here are the ten hottest vinyl records of 2017 according to discogs. 14 of the top 20 albums this year were reissues. The joshua tree u2 9.

2017 was another landmark year for vinyl with record sales peaking at their highest level since 1991 reports the bpi. The vinyl revival continued in 2017 and people clearly needed more beatles records for their turntables because the band took the top two spots on the year end sales chart for the resurgent. Abby road the beatles 7. An impressive 4 1 vinyl albums were sold in the uk last year.

Vinyl now accounts for roughly 3 of all music consumed including digital. The news comes as the record labels association the bpi revealed that sales of vinyl were up 26 8 a tenth consecutive year of growth with 4 1 million purchased in 2017 compared to 205 000 in. Sales of vinyl records are at their highest level since 1991 reports the bpi with 4 1 vinyl albums sold in the uk in 2017. Prior to rsd 2017 indie record stores had accounted for 14 percent of all physical album sales in 2017.

Yesterday nielsen music released its q3 music industry insights for the nine month period ending september 28th 2017.