Vinyl sales have increased 108% in 2021

 Some would say that the gramophone record is a medium of the past, but vinyl is experiencing a real revolution in the 21st century. 

The records experienced the peak of their careers from the 1920s to the 1980s, after which the demand for them suddenly disappeared, due to the appearance of CDs.

Today, many experts and people from the industry claim that gramophone culture has never been completely eradicated, but that its presence has simply been less in certain periods of time. Vinyl has practically never stopped being produced and sold, primarily thanks to DJs and DJ culture.

This boom in sales is an impressive 108% increase in comparison to the same time period in 2020 where 9.2 million vinyl records were sold.

Although Vinyl for the last few years has started to consistently outperform CD sales, which in the first half of 2021 stood at 18.9 million units sold. 

Some of the top-selling vinyl releases of the year include Harry Styles’ ‘Fine Line’, Billie Eilish’s ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid M.A.A.D City’. 

Vinyl pressing facilities are currently finding it difficult to keep up with this demand, and there are huge delays for many musicians waiting for their music in this format. 

Streaming remains the most popular way for people to consume music, and in the past 6 months, that has also risen by 15%.

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