David Bowie’s Blackstar is the biggest selling vinyl album of 2016 so far, new statistics from the Official Charts Company (OCC) have revealed.
The LP, released in January, has sold nearly twice as many copies as the top seller vinyl seller for all of 2015 - Adele's 25.
The BPI, using the OCC figures, reports that so far in 2016, LP sales are up 60 percent compared to the first three months of last year, at just under 640,000. The continued growth means vinyl sales are likely to top 3m by the end of the year, compared to 2.1m at the end of 2015
Geoff Taylor, BPI and BRIT Awards chief executive, said: ‘Vinyl is no longer the preserve of baby-boomers who grew up with the format. It now also appeals to a new generation of engaged younger fans and millennials.
‘While digital platforms provide fans instant and unlimited access to an ever-expanding cosmos of music, they can’t quite match the unique experience vinyl gives you: browsing for rare gems in your favourite record store, poring over the cover art and sleeve notes and enjoying the ritual of carefully dropping the stylus onto an LP and savouring its analogue sound. Younger fans increasingly discover on digital but collect on vinyl.’
The top ten sellers of 2016 so far are below
David Bowie – Blackstar
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Adele - 25
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed
Various Artists - Guardians Of The Galaxy OST
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Marks
Bob Marley - Exodus
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The LP, released in January, has sold nearly twice as many copies as the top seller vinyl seller for all of 2015 - Adele's 25.
The BPI, using the OCC figures, reports that so far in 2016, LP sales are up 60 percent compared to the first three months of last year, at just under 640,000. The continued growth means vinyl sales are likely to top 3m by the end of the year, compared to 2.1m at the end of 2015
Geoff Taylor, BPI and BRIT Awards chief executive, said: ‘Vinyl is no longer the preserve of baby-boomers who grew up with the format. It now also appeals to a new generation of engaged younger fans and millennials.
‘While digital platforms provide fans instant and unlimited access to an ever-expanding cosmos of music, they can’t quite match the unique experience vinyl gives you: browsing for rare gems in your favourite record store, poring over the cover art and sleeve notes and enjoying the ritual of carefully dropping the stylus onto an LP and savouring its analogue sound. Younger fans increasingly discover on digital but collect on vinyl.’
The top ten sellers of 2016 so far are below
David Bowie – Blackstar
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Adele - 25
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed
Various Artists - Guardians Of The Galaxy OST
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Marks
Bob Marley - Exodus
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
