Arctic Monkeys and Jake Bugg led a rock revival in the UK in 2013 with LP sales overtaking pop music for the first time since 2010, new figures show.
According to the BPI’s annual survey of music genres, based on data from the Official Charts Company (OCC), rock music generated 33.8 percent of all album sales in the UK over the year.
Pop music was in second place with 31 percent of the sales share. Artist albums from the genre - One Direction’s Midnight Memories and Emeli Sande’s Our Version of Events - were two of the biggest selling albums of the year.
Dance music, propelled by acts Rudimental (Home), Calvin Harris (18 Months) and Disclosure (Settle), accounted for 8.3 per cent of the albums market. This was the genre’s highest share since 2006.
BPI's Gennaro Castaldo said: ‘While the appeal of pop remains consistent, the popularity of rock music tends to ebb and flow a little more, reflecting as it does the excitement that can quickly build around new acts as they burst through.
‘With Arctic Monkeys now taking on near-iconic status, and the likes of Jake Bugg and Bastille to name a few connecting with a new generation of fans, rock music looks set to enjoy another wonderfully vibrant period.’
Overall album sales in the UK dropped by 6.4 percent in 2013 to 94m. It was the first year since the early eighties that no album sold a million copies.
According to the BPI’s annual survey of music genres, based on data from the Official Charts Company (OCC), rock music generated 33.8 percent of all album sales in the UK over the year.
Pop music was in second place with 31 percent of the sales share. Artist albums from the genre - One Direction’s Midnight Memories and Emeli Sande’s Our Version of Events - were two of the biggest selling albums of the year.
Dance music, propelled by acts Rudimental (Home), Calvin Harris (18 Months) and Disclosure (Settle), accounted for 8.3 per cent of the albums market. This was the genre’s highest share since 2006.
BPI's Gennaro Castaldo said: ‘While the appeal of pop remains consistent, the popularity of rock music tends to ebb and flow a little more, reflecting as it does the excitement that can quickly build around new acts as they burst through.
‘With Arctic Monkeys now taking on near-iconic status, and the likes of Jake Bugg and Bastille to name a few connecting with a new generation of fans, rock music looks set to enjoy another wonderfully vibrant period.’
Overall album sales in the UK dropped by 6.4 percent in 2013 to 94m. It was the first year since the early eighties that no album sold a million copies.
