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 […]
Record Store Day in Europe: Progress Report Webinar
Join us on 19 January 2022 at 11:00 am New York (5:00 pm CET) when we will meet for our first episode of the Media-Tech Business Forum in 2022. This session is complimentary but registration is required. If you sum up the state of Vinyl today in one, it’s RESILIENCE. Over the past 15 years (decade […]
TOP VINYL SALES (Week of 12/31 through 1/6)
1 Fleetwood Mac/Rumours(093624979357) 2 Madvillain/Madvillainy(659457206512) 3 Nirvana/Nevermind(720642442517) 4 Adele/30 (2LP)(194399379714) 5 Childish Gambino/Awaken,My Love!(810599021900) 6 Kendrick Lamar/Good Kid M.A.A.D City(602537192267) 7 J. Cole/2014 Forest Hills Drive(888750569813) 8 Adele/21(191404113813) 9 Radiohead/In Rainbows(634904032418) 10 Olivia Rodrigo/SOUR(602438106417) 11 Pink Floyd/Dark Side Of The Moon (180g Vinyl)(888751842519) 12 KIDS SEE GHOSTS/KIDS SEE GHOSTS(602567800484) 13 Taylor Swift/evermore (Green Vinyl)(602435651279) 14 […]
Making Vinyl Packaging Awards Goes All Virtual For 2020
CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN OCT. 14, SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: NOV. 13 Click Here for Submission Page For the fourth consecutive year, Making Vinyl will host a competition recognizing the best in vinyl, CD and cassette packaging. The submissions and judging process will be entirely online and requires high-resolution photographs of all entries, as well as […]
Save the Date! Making Vinyl Conference 2020
8-9 December 2020/// Virtual Event Meet the right people: with the help of Matchmaking, 1-to-1 Meetings, and Speed-dating Connect with participants before, during, and after the event via our conference app Get full access to world-class content, best practices, and market intelligence Interactive workshops: join the conversation with industry experts Virtual exhibition: Meet your next […]
