Indie retailers sold almost half of all vinyl LPs, with TaylorSwift being the format’s top-selling artist 🙌
In addition, for the first time since MRC Data began tracking music sales in 1991, U.S. vinyl albums outsold CD albums for the year – and vinyl is now the leading format for album purchases overall in America.41.72 million vinyl albums were sold in the U.S. in 2021 . 2021 marked the 16th consecutive year vinyl album sales grew, and the largest year for vinyl album sales since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991.
Vinyl was the dominant format for album purchases in the U.S. up until the early 1980s. After that, cassettes took hold until the early 1990s, when the CD format blossomed and remained king until 2021.Of the 41.72 million total vinyl album sales in 2021, 19.78 million came from the independent retail sector — up 80.8% compared to 2020’s haul of 10.94 million.
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