How Much Money Did Vinyl Make In 2017

U.S. Vinyl Album Sales Hit Nielsen Music-Era Record High in 2017

Once again, yearly vinyl album sales accept hit another Nielsen Music-era tape high, as the configuration sold 14.32 million (upward 9 percent) in 2017. That's upwardly from the previous one-year high…

The Beatles, 1967 — The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Order Band', at a press conference held at the west London domicile of their manager Brian Epstein on May nineteen, 1967. John Pratt/Keystone/Getty Images

Once more, yearly vinyl album sales have hit some other Nielsen Music-era record high, equally the configuration sold 14.32 million (up nine percent) in 2017. That's upward from the previous ane-year high, registered in 2016 with 13.1 million.

Nielsen Music's 2017 tracking year ran from Dec. thirty, 2016 through Dec. 28, 2017. Numbers in this story are rounded. Nielsen Music began electronically tracking music sales and information in 1991 (so a reference in this story to the "Nielsen era" means from 1991 to the present).

2017 marks the twelfth straight year of growth in vinyl album sales. The format continues to increase in sales as more new and classic albums are issued on vinyl, promotion from retailers like Amazon, Urban Outfitters and Barnes & Noble, as well as annual vinyl-oriented celebrations like Record Shop 24-hour interval.

Vinyl LP sales represented viii.5 pct of all anthology sales in 2017 – up from 6.5 percent for the configuration'due south share in 2016. Further, LP sales were 14 percent of all physical album sales in 2017 (a Nielsen-era record share for the format) – up from 11 percent in 2016.

Further, vinyl album sales were driven past an array of titles, not just a handful of hot sellers. In total, 77 different titles each sold more than 20,000 copies on vinyl LP in 2017, as compared to 58 in 2016.

Every bit usual, rock music, past far, drives near vinyl album sales, as the genre accounted for 67 percent of all vinyl album sales in 2017 (versus 69 percent in 2016).

The Beatles finish 2017 with the summit two selling vinyl LPs of the yr: Sgt. Pepper's Alone Hearts Gild Band (72,000 — powered in large part past the album'southward deluxe anniversary reissue in 2017) and Abbey Route (66,000). The soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy: Crawly Mix Vol. 1 is the third biggest with 62,000. Comparably, in 2016, the top three sellers were Twenty 1 Pilots' Blurryface (68,000), David Bowie's Blackstar (66,000) and Adele'due south 25 (58,000).

Elevation 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2017 IN U.South.
Rank	Artist, Title	Sales
1	The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Ring	72,000
2	The Beatles, Abbey Road	66,000
3	Soundtrack, Guardians of the Milky way: Crawly Mix Vol. 1	62,000
iv	Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Separate)	62,000
v	Amy Winehouse, Dorsum to Black	58,000
six	Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack)	58,000
7	Bob Marley and The Wailers, Fable: The All-time Of…	49,000
eight	Pink Floyd, The Night Side of the Moon	54,000
nine	Soundtrack, La La Land	49,000
10	Michael Jackson, Thriller	49,000
Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period Dec. thirty, 2016 through Dec. 28, 2017.