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Serendipity
02-01-2012, 03:22 PM
Sooo check this out!! BOOM!
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/cue-the-music-driven-by-digital-music-sales-up-in-2011/

Cue the Music: Driven by Digital, Music Sales up in 2011


May 11, 2011

Music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6 percent in 2011, according to The Nielsen Company, as digital album and track sales saw dramatic growth through May 8. While physical albums saw a decline in year-over-year sales from the same period in 2010, digital album and track purchases went up 16.8 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively. Digital retailers received more than half of all music transactions, propelling a 12.4 percent growth in sales over last year.

Catalog album sales are up 5.4 percent in 2011, thanks in part to a long-awaited 2010 deal allowing digital distribution of The Beatles’ albums for the first time. Other trends reported by Nielsen include:

- Vinyl sales increased 37 percent in the beginning of 2011 over the same period last year.
- Vinyl sales also rose 14.2 percent in 2010, although they only accounted for 1.2 percent of physical sales.
2011 saw the most successful Record Store Day in the event’s four-year history. Album sales at independent record stores increased over 39 percent the week of Record Store Day (April 16) from the prior week – an increase of 180,000 units – and 12.7 percent compared to 2010.
- Rock is the most popular genre of music, with 32 percent album share, while pop music represents 40 percent of all current digital tracks sold.
- Ninety-three of the 100 best selling vinyl albums in 2011 fall within the Rock or Alternative genres.

Andrew B
02-01-2012, 03:23 PM
:slayer:

g-sep
02-01-2012, 03:26 PM
Haus is responsible for most of those vinyl sales :lol:

Serendipity
02-01-2012, 03:30 PM
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/digital-tracks-yoy.png
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/music-sales-vinyl.png
“Strong releases and aggressive promotions by the labels and retailers are among the many contributing factors to the strength we’re seeing in the music industry,” said Dave Bakula, SVP Analytics, Entertainment for The Nielsen Company. “Overall, the data reflects a continuing strong demand by music consumers.”

ilya
02-01-2012, 03:31 PM
Dope :) Locally, I'm definitely seeing a nice resurgence (at least with the dance/DJ community), records stores expanding and even a new one popping up. I am curious though as to what the sales numbers look like for singles & EPs as opposed to albums...

Atomisk
02-02-2012, 04:30 PM
90% of those sales were to hipsters.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf2noxSiqw1qa5z1ro1_500.png

The other 10% were to haus.

PS: Is that blog of any relation to Orjan Nielsen?

andypandy
02-05-2012, 10:53 AM
Awesome news. God dammit I love vinyl

Estacy
02-05-2012, 11:24 AM
Still spinning vinyl, good to hear that my main music medium is far from gone

preston
02-05-2012, 11:19 PM
interesting. I had a bad feeling that it would never bounce back. But I knew that it would never die out completely. Ive had the itch to go digging again. I really miss those days!

Nick Bike
02-05-2012, 11:23 PM
can;t say i really buy new vinyl. it's all old stuff mostly. glad it's still going though.

lovecitydjs
02-07-2012, 12:14 AM
i dont really buy vinyl to dj with anymore although i use turntables exclusively. i will still grab something if it strikes my fancy.. only to regret it when i get home a realize i'll never use it.