Just earlier than the brand new yr, we came upon how vinyl fared within the UK in 2022. Well, seems to be just like the vinyl increase can also be nonetheless going sturdy within the US. In 2022, for the second yr in a row, vinyl gross sales outsold CDs within the US, in keeping with the Luminate Year-End Music Report and Billboard. Likewise, vinyl gross sales grew for a seventeenth consecutive yr within the US, with Taylor Swift’s Midnights being the top-selling vinyl in 2022 with 945,000 copies offered final yr. In different phrases, Midnights was not simply the highest promoting album of the yr, it had probably the most vinyl gross sales in a yr since Luminate — previously SoundScan — started monitoring in 1991. One out of each 25 vinyl albums offered was a Taylor Swift album, for those who depend Folklore‘s #7 spot.
Overall, final yr’s prime vinyl sellers (within the US) have been as follows:
01 Taylor Swift, Midnights (945,000)
02 Harry Styles, Harry’s House (480,000)
03 Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (263,000)
04 Kendrick Lamar, good child, m.A.A.d metropolis (254,000)
05 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (243,000)
06 Tyler, the Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost (211,000)
07 Taylor Swift, Folklore (174,000)
08 Tyler, the Creator, Igor (172,000)
09 Michael Jackson, Thriller (168,000)
10 The Beatles, Abbey Road (160,000)
In a humorous little bit of irony, the report additionally states that solely half of followers shopping for data really personal a report participant. (Hey, I’ve a cheapie turntable, but when I’m being sincere, most of my vinyl decorates the partitions of my condominium.) But notice: the respondents for Luminate’s Music 360 research, which requested respondents which units they owned, amounted to simply 3,992.
As for cassette tapes, in 2022 gross sales within the US elevated by 28% to 440,000, up from 343,000 in 2021. The #1 cassette there turned out to be — fittingly — the Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 soundtrack. Check out the highest 10 cassette albums within the US, courtesy of Luminate.
01 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Soundtrack) (17,000)
02 Taylor Swift, Midnights (14,000)
03 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Soundtrack) (13,000)
04 Harry Styles, Harry’s House (11,000)
05 Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever (8,000)
06 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Mix, Vol. 1 (Soundtrack) (8,000)
07 Nirvana, Bleach (7,000)
08 Bo Burnham, Inside (The Songs) (5,000)
09 Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG (5,000)
10 Ghost, Impera (5,000)
Check out the total report right here.