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U.S. Vinyl Album Sales Hit New Record High

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  1. Melody Bot Dec 28, 2020
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    Billboard:

    As predicted, U.S. vinyl album sales hit another historic high, as 1.842 million LPs were sold in the week ending Dec. 24, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. That’s the largest week for the format since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. The previous high was set only a week earlier, when 1.445 million were sold in the frame ending Dec. 17.

    Furthermore, vinyl album sales outpaced CD sales for the week: 1.841 million vs. 1.671 million. It’s the fourth time that’s happened since 1991, and all four instances occurred in 2020.

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  2. Yellowcard2006 Dec 28, 2020
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    Pretty exciting to see physical music come back. People enjoy holding things.
     
  3. AlwaysEvolving21 Dec 29, 2020
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    Damn, I love reading news like this.
     
  4. fredwordsmith Dec 29, 2020
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    It’s the only way I buy albums now, other than BandCamp for digital only things. It’s purposeful and makes me slow down when I’m listening.
     
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  6. Yourbiggestflan Dec 29, 2020
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    Any ideas for the four surges this year? Obviously the holidays and gifting had a lot to do with it, but I'm guessing Mccartney's album can be attributed for a bunch as well. Curious when the other 2 weeks occurred and what it could possibly be attributed to. Vinyl is beautiful. Data is beautiful. I could talk about this stuff all day!
     
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  7. stars143 Dec 29, 2020
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    Multiple Record Store Days maybe?
     
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