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Vinyl Record Sales Wk 14
Week 14 results: 711K #vinyl #records sold. That’s down 14.5% vs LY. YTD now at 9.867M, down 1.9%. This week was the high point in Q2 last year, with the exception of the June #RSDDrop. So, feeling pretty good about how the quarter shapes up. Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
Vinyl Record Sales Wk 15
Week 15 is booked. 763K vinyl records sold this week, up 2.6% vs the same week LY. YTD has crossed the 10M mark at 10.630M, down 1.6% vs ’21. The format improved by 0.3% vs LW Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
Vinyl Record Sales WK#13
Week 13 results: That means that Q1 of ’22 is in the books. 721K #vinyl #records sold this week. Up 5.4% vs the same week last year. YTD now 9.156M, down 0.8% vs ’21. The Q1 total ranks it as the 5th best quarter in the modern era. Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
VINYL RECORD SALES WK#12
Week 12 results: 687K #vinyl #records sold. That’s down 9.8% vs the same week LY (LY the week was up 321% vs the prior year-insane!). YTD we’re down 1.3% at 8.435M. Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
IFPI Report: The global music market was worth $26bn in 2021
Streaming now accounts for 65% of total revenues, with CDs, vinyl, and cassettes making up 19% and downloads 4%. Sales of CDs increased for the first time this millennium, and vinyl revenues were up by 51%. Download the full report: https://bit.ly/3J9a57d
VINYL RECORD SALES WK#11
Week 11 results: 700K vinyl records which are up 1.4% vs the same week LY. YTD is now only down -0.4% at 7.748M. Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
Vinyl Record Sales WK# 10
Week 10 results: 692K vinyl records sold. That’s up 8.3% over the same week LY. YTD total of 7.048M, now down 0.6% vs ’21. The overall physical market is down 4.3%, an improvement of 0.4% from Week 9. Twitter: @billysezvinyl / Luminate
LOST RSD BOOK CHAPTER: CAN’T GET ENOUGH (OF YOUR PRESSING) — OR HOW MAKING VINYL WAS LAUNCHED IN 2017
Editor’s note: Any creative endeavor goes through twists and turns that unfortunately leaves certain elements on the cutting-room floor. In the case of Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century, the final left behind the story of how Making Vinyl came to be. By Larry Jaffee “I think that making vinyl […]
Making Vinyl Joins Vinyl Sustainability Council
WASHINGTON, DC, February 1, 2022 – The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, is pleased to welcome Making Vinyl, to its trade association membership. “We’re pleased to have Making Vinyl join the Vinyl Sustainability Council,” said Jay Thomas, VSC Executive Director. “It is exciting to see the rapid […]
