2008 Vinyl Sales Highest Since 1991

via ProHipHop

The ArtistForce.com blog discusses Nielsen’s 2008 music sales figures and points out that vinyl sales are increasing:

“On a surprising note, vinyl saw an increase this year. In fact, more vinyl albums were purchased in 2008 than in any other year since Nielsen SoundScan started paying attention back in 1991. Consumers purchased 1.88 million LP’s in 2008, a whopping 89 percent increase over 2007.”

This doesn’t surprise me at all because, since Amazon launched its vinyl store, I’ve been watching all sorts of albums sell out before their release date and running into various online accounts of growing vinyl sales.

For more 2008 sales figures, see The Nielsen Company’s press release with stats.

~ by streetknowledge on January 7, 2009.