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UK: Streaming 2/3 of all consumption


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  • 142.9 million album units were bought/streamed in 2018 (up 5.7% from 2017's 135.1 million)
    • Estimated retail value of £1.33 billion
  • 91 billion audio streams were made in 2018 (up 34% from 2017)
    • 2018 first year to have 2b streams in one week
    • Audio streaming accounts for 63.6% of all UK music consumption
  • Vinyl LP sales hit 4.2 million; Eleventh consecutive year of vinyl growth; Arctic Monkeys have the fastest selling LP of the past 25 years
  • CD's account for 22.4% of all UK music consumption
  • Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' has pushed 3.2 million lifetime units
  • Adele's '25' has pushed 3.5 million lifetime units

 

https://www.bpi.co.uk/news-analysis/music-movie-boost-helps-british-music-consumption-rise-again-in-2018/

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Vinyl ha comeback :gaycat5:

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Tbh all that will be left is streaming and vinyl. :skull:

Glad I started my vinyl collection already.

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Vinyl is gonna be classic but CD is already outdated tbh, tech-wise not just in music

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