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Vinyl sales continue to surge, even through the rise and prominence of streaming services.<\/p>\n

2018 marked the 13th consecutive year that vinyl sales have grown<\/a>, according to Nielsen Music, which has been tracking music sales since 1991. But the record hasn’t\u00a0just<\/em> grown for the 13th year in a row\u2014it’s\u00a0thriving<\/em>. A new report conducted in accordance with online record shop Norman Music uncovered that vinyl sales quintupled in the period from 2013 to the end of 2018, with 4.2 million records sold in the UK last year.<\/p>\n

Additionally, research from the British Phonographic Industry also found that cassette tapes are seeing a revival, with nearly 50,000 sold in 2018. These numbers show a 125-percent increase from 2017 and the largest volume sold since 2004.<\/p>\n

Read Norman Music’s full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

H\/T: DJ Mag<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alongside skyrocketing vinyl sales, cassettes are also making a comeback.","protected":false},"author":467,"featured_media":308245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[10457,42555,42133,42554,20670,13628],"yoast_head":"\nVinyl sales quintupled from 2013 to 2018 - Dancing Astronaut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alongside skyrocketing vinyl sales, cassettes are also making a comeback.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vinyl sales quintupled from 2013 to 2018 - Dancing Astronaut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alongside skyrocketing vinyl sales, cassettes are also making a comeback.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dancing Astronaut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-20T18:24:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Royalty-Free-Vinyl.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1416\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"948\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robyn Dexter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robyn Dexter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/\",\"name\":\"Vinyl sales quintupled from 2013 to 2018 - Dancing Astronaut\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-20T18:24:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-20T18:24:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8b88549fa5df52bd65541eaf4603e6a4\"},\"description\":\"Alongside skyrocketing vinyl sales, cassettes are also making a comeback.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2019\/02\/vinyl-sales-quintupled-2013-2018\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vinyl sales quintupled from 2013 to 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dancing Astronaut\",\"description\":\"EDM, trap, techno, deep house, dubstep\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8b88549fa5df52bd65541eaf4603e6a4\",\"name\":\"Robyn Dexter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f58dbeef1e565e2f71a1ca7be99ed82?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f58dbeef1e565e2f71a1ca7be99ed82?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Robyn Dexter\"},\"description\":\"Robyn Dexter is one of DA's managing editors and the creator of Dexter's Beat Laboratory. 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