Trend Vinyl Records
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Trend vinyl records. One of the prominent trends emerging in the global vinyl records market is promotion of vinyl records by private labels and retailers. The band arctic monkeys album tranquility base hotel casino was the biggest hit with 38 000 copies sold while the classical genre saw sales of 1 3 million records. A household name among record collectors discogs is an online database of detailed info about physical music products mostly vinyl that launched in 2000 and started its e commerce. Sales volume of vinyl record in finland 2010 2019 dollar sales of vinyl flooring in the u s.
According to nielsen music vinyl sales represented 6 5 of all album sales in 2016 hitting 8 5 in 2017 which means vinyl made up 14 of all physical album sales up from 2016 s 11 this isn t a particularly new trend in the industry. This may sound like a surprise as vinyl records are traditionally associated with an older generation says barresi but actually their appeal to youngsters is an ongoing trend. 4 x ray audio x ray records are an emerging trend with interesting origins. For the first time since the 1980s vinyl record sales have overtaken cds signaling a new trend in the way americans consume music.
The purchaser of vinyl records is younger than the average cd album one with those under 35 accounting for 26 of all spend vs. Overview and forecasts on trending topics. Record store day is an event for exclusive vinyl only release for promotion and providing interest for local record stores where retailers such as tesco. 17 5 cd albums in the 12 weeks to july 1st.
In the 1950s music fans in the ussr used x rays to make bootleg vinyl records to listen to american artists that were banned by the government. How record collectors drive music trends the internet has vanquished most old record shops but collecting is still popular and influential online marketplaces such as discogs are. Streaming accounted for 80 percent of the entire u s music market in 2019. And in april this year 200 independent record stores all over the uk and thousands more around the world came together to celebrate the independent vinyl culture for record store day with exclusive releases being.